| Date: | Friday 10 April 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | Aerocosta Colombia |
| Registration: | HK-1281 |
| MSN: | 33275 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Caribbean Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Santa Marta Airport (SMR/SKSM) |
| Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport (PTP/TFFR) |
The C-46 cargo plane, HK-1281, departed Santa Marta Airport (SMR), Colombia at 12:11 on a flight to Guadeloupe. The airplane carried 5000 kg of carcasses. Estimated time of arrival at Guadeloupe was 17:55. Last position report was at 14°58'N, 64W, flying at 7000 feet.
Sources:
El Tiempo 11-4-1970
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