Accident | |
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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]