Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 29 July 1972
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3A
Owner/operator: Avianca
Registration Number: HK-1341
Location: near Las Palomas – ÿ Colombia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Component Affected: Both aircraftBoth aircraft
Category: Accident
Two Avianca DC-3 aircraft, HK-107 and HK-1341, crashed following a mid-air collision over the Las Palomas mountain range, Colombia. All 38 passengers and crew members were killed. The aircraft were traveling in the same direction, initially separated by approximately thirty minutes.Two Avianca DC-3 aircraft, HK-107 and HK-1341, crashed following a mid-air collision over the Las Palomas mountain range, Colombia. All 38 passengers and crew members were killed. The aircraft were traveling in the same direction, initially separated by approximately thirty minutes.

Description

Two Avianca DC-3 aircraft, HK-107 and HK-1341 crashed following a mid-air collision over the Las Palomas mountain range, Colombia. All 38 passengers and crew members were killed. HK-107 departed Villavicencio (VVC) at 06:20 for a domestic flight to Paz de Ariporo (PZA), Arauca (AUC) and Saravena (RVE). There were three crew members and eighteen passengers on board. The other flight, carried out by HK-1341, departed Villavicencio at 06:22 on a flight to El Yopal (EYP), Trinidad (TDA), Orocue (ORC) and Las Gaviotas (LGT). There were three crew members and fourteen passengers on board. Both aircraft were heading in the same direction, initially with a separation of two minutes. About thirty minutes after takeoff both aircraft collided and crashed.

Source of Information

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Primary Cause

Mid-air collisionMid-air collision

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