Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217 was an internal scheduled passenger flight in Colombia from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.[1] On 26 March 1982 the flight was operated by a four-engined Vickers Viscount turboprop registered HK-2382 which collided with a mountain at 7,700 feet 130 km south east from Bogotá near Quetame in bad weather.[1] The storm hampered rescue attempts. All 21 on board were killed.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | 26 March 1982 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Quetame, Colombia |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Vickers Viscount 745D |
Operator | Aeropesca Colombia |
Registration | HK-2382 |
Flight origin | La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio, Colombia |
Destination | El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia |
Passengers | 15 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 21 |
Survivors | 0 |
The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 745D four-engined turboprop that had been built in the United Kingdom in 1956 for Capital Airlines of the United States.[2] First flown on 15 December 1956 it was bought by Aeropesca Colombia in March 1976.[2]
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1982 (1982) | |
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