 A TAC Sud Aviation Caravelle similar to the aircraft involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 21, 1980 |
| Summary | Loss of control due to in-flight explosion of undetermined origin[1] |
| Site | near Riohacha, La Guajira, Caribbean region, Colombia 11°32′39″N 72°54′25″W / 11.54417°N 72.90694°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R |
| Operator | Transportes Aéreos del Cesar |
| Registration | HK-1810 |
| Flight origin | El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá |
| 1st stopover | Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, Barranquilla |
| 2nd stopover | Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport, Valledupar |
| 3rd stopover | Almirante Padilla Airport, Riohacha |
| Last stopover | Olaya Herrera Airport, Medellín |
| Destination | El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá |
| Occupants | 70 |
| Passengers | 63 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 70 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 1980 Riohacha Transportes Aéreos del Cesar Caravelle crash was a Colombian domestic flight that crashed on December 21, 1980. The flight, operating a Bogotá-Barranquilla-Valledupar-Riohacha-Medellín-Bogotá route, crashed at 2:23 p.m. local time, ten minutes after takeoff from Riohacha.[2] All 70 occupants on board were killed, making the crash the deadliest in Colombia at the time, and the eighth-deadliest in Colombia today.[1]
- ^ a b "ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R HK-1810 Riohacha, Colombia". Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Crash of a Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R near Riohacha: 70 killed". Retrieved 27 September 2023.