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Crash of a Douglas DC-6A/B in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1978 at 1825 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HK-1707
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Port of Spain – Bogotá
MSN:
44687/535
YOM:
1954
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route on a cargo flight from Port of Spain to Bogotá, while in cruising altitude, the crew declared an emergency and reported an engine failure. The captain elected to divert to Tame Airport when the aircraft apparently crashed in the El Cocuy National Park. SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned as no trace of the aircraft nor the three crew members was found.
Crew:
Efrain Medina, pilot
Hernan Rios, copilot,
Nicanor Miranda, flight engineer.

Crash of a Douglas C-47 in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy: 10 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1975 at 1840 LT
Operator:
Registration:
FAC-654
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Saravena – Villavicencio – Bogotá
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
En route from Saravena to Villavicencio, the crew declared an emergency when control was lost and the airplane crashed on the slope of a mountain located in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy. The aircraft was destroyed and all 10 occupants have been killed.