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Crash of a Beechcraft C90 King Air near Yarumal: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 21, 2024 at 0720 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HK-4684
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Montería - Medellín
MSN:
LJ-934
YOM:
1981
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Montería-Los Garzones Airport on an ambulance flight to Medellín, carrying two pilots, a doctor and a nurse. About 30 minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 19,000 feet, the airplane initiated a descent and the speed started to decrease until it stalled and crashed in a prairie, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver in Yarumal: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1961 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HK-210
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Medellín – San Marcos
MSN:
896
YOM:
1956
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While completing a positioning flight from Medellín to San Marcos, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed and burned near Yarumal. The pilot Alfonso Nieto was killed.