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]

Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217

Sister-ship to the accident aircraft in a later Intercontinental Colombia livery
Accident
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

Aircraft

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]

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