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Avianca Flight 671, registration HK-177, was a Lockheed Constellation that crashed and burned on landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 21 January 1960. It was and remains the worst accident in Jamaican aviation history.[1]

Avianca Flight 671
Accident
An Avianca Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation similar to the accident aircraft
Date	21 January 1960
Summary	Runway excursion, hard landing
Site	Sangster International Airport Montego Bay, Jamaica 18.5028°N 77.9122°W / 18.5028; -77.9122
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation
Operator	Avianca
Registration	HK-177
Flight origin	New York-Idlewild Airport
Stopover	Miami International Airport (unscheduled)
1st stopover	Sangster International Airport Montego Bay, Jamaica
Destination	El Dorado International Airport
Occupants	46
Passengers	39
Crew	7
Fatalities	37
Survivors	9

The flight had originated at Miami International Airport, Florida. The aircraft operating the flight was a Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation used by Avianca for its Bogota-Montego Bay routes. Thirty-seven of the 46 passengers and crew aboard were killed.

Accident

On landing, the plane made a heavy touchdown, bounced, and landed back on the runway, then skidded down the runway in flames. It came to rest upside down, 1900 feet from the runway threshold and 200 feet to the left thereof.[2]

References

"AIR CRASH KILLS 37 AT MONTEGO BAY; 17 WERE FROM U.S.; Colombian Airliner on Flight From New York Overturns and Burns on Landing PLANE OVERTURNS AND CATCHES FIRE All 17 Americans on Board Are Victims of Landing Mishap – 9 Survive". New York Times. 22 January 1960. p. 1.
Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960

Jan 6 National Airlines Flight 2511
Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20
Jan 19 SAS Flight 871
Jan 21 Avianca Flight 671
Feb 25 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision
Feb 26 Aeroflot Flight 315
Feb 26 Alitalia Flight 618
Mar 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710
May 1 U-2 incident
Jun 10 Aeroflot Flight 207
Jun 10 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538
Jul 1 RB-47 incident
Jul 15 Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372
Jul 16 1960 Danish football air crash
Jul 21 Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698
Aug 17 Aeroflot Flight 036
Aug 29 Air France Flight 343
Sep 19 World Airways Flight 830
Sep 26 Austrian Airlines Flight 901
Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375
Oct 29 Cal Poly football team
Nov 23 Philippine Airlines Flight S26
Dec 16 New York mid-air collision
Dec 17 Munich Convair 340 crash

1959 ◀ ▶ 1961

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На других языках

[de] Avianca-Flug 671

Der Avianca-Flug 671 (Flugnummer: AV671, Funkrufzeichen: AVIANCA 671) war ein Linieninterkontinentalflug von Miami nach Bogotá mit planmäßigen Zwischenstopps in Montego Bay und Barranquilla. Als die Maschine des Typs Lockheed L-1049E-55 Super Constellation beim Flug am 21. Januar 1960 in Montego Bay zwischengelandet werden sollte, kam es zu einer Bruchlandung. Bei dem Unfall wurden 37 der 46 Insassen der Maschine getötet. Es handelt sich um den schwersten Flugunfall in Jamaika.

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[fr] Vol Avianca 671

L'accident du vol Avianca 671 est un Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation de la compagnie Avianca qui s'écrase le 21 janvier 1960 lors de son atterrissage à l'aéroport international Donald-Sangster, à Montego Bay en Jamaïque. Il s'agit de la plus grave catastrophe aérienne de la Jamaïque.

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