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1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash

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1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash
An Avianca DC-4, similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
DateFebruary 15, 1947 (1947-02-15)
SummaryCFIT due to pilot/navigation error
SiteMount El Tablazo, near Bogotá, Colombia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-4
OperatorAvianca
RegistrationC-114
Flight originErnesto Cortissoz International Airport, Barranquilla
DestinationAeropuerto de Techo, Bogotá
Passengers49
Crew4
Fatalities53
Survivors0

On February 15, 1947, an Avianca Douglas DC-4 registered C-114 crashed into Mount El Tablazo en route from Barranquilla to Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.

Mount El Tablazo was shrouded in fog when, at 12:18 local time, the aircraft crashed into it at an elevation of about 10,500 feet. The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error, with the crew deviating from the designated airway and flying below a safe altitude.

At the time, the crash was the worst commercial airline crash in history, eventually matched by the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 near Baltimore three months later. Several Colombian professional soccer players from Barranquilla perished in the crash, including Romelio Martínez, after whom Barranquilla's municipal stadium was renamed years later.

References

  1. "Aviation Safety Network".
  2. "Plane Crash Info.com".
  3. "50 Die When Four-Motored Colombian Airliner Smashes into 9,000-Foot Mountain". The Miami Herald. United Press. 16 Feb 1947. Retrieved 1 August 2020 – via newspapers.com.
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1947 (1947)
Jan 11 Stowting Dakota accidentJan 25 Croydon Dakota accidentJan 26 KLM Copenhagen disasterFeb 15 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crashMay 29 United Air Lines Flight 521May 29 Héðinsfjörður air crashMay 30 Eastern Air Lines Flight 605Jun 13 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410Jun 19 Pan Am Flight 121Jul 29 Yogyakarta Dakota accidentAug 2 BSAA Star Dust accidentAug 28 Kvitbjørn disasterOct 24 United Air Lines Flight 608Oct 26 Pan Am Flight 923Nov 28 General Leclerc's aviation accidentDec 27 Korangi Creek crash
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