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| Date: | Thursday 3 October 1974 |
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| Type: |  Douglas DC-3 |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca |
| Registration: | |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 14 km N of Guatemala City -
 Guatemala
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
Crashed in mountains near "aldea Las Nubes" shortly after take-off while trying an emergency landing. The aircraft operated on a relief supply flight for victims of Hurricane Fifi-Orlene. Two guatemalan industrials, Afonso Bosch and Dionisio Gutiérrez of Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), died.
Sources:
La Nación 5 October 1974, p32A
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