Date:	Monday 25 January 1971
Time:	11:45
Type:	Vickers 749 Viscount
Owner/operator:	Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV
Registration:	YV-C-AMV
MSN:	94
Year of manufacture:	1956
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 47
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Paramo Los Conejos -   Venezuela
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport (MRD/SVMD)
Destination airport:	Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI)

Narrative:
The Viscount contacted trees and crash-landed on a wooded mountain slope in the Andes, seven minutes after takeoff from Mérida.

The News and Courier - Jan 26, 1971
El Siglo de Torreón - Jan 26, 1971
El Nacional - Jan 26, 1971

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