Air disaster

1972 Las Palomas mid-air collision

29 Jul 1972 · 4.00° N, 73.25° W

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When
29 Jul 1972
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
4.00° N, 73.25° W
Description
mid-air collision between two Douglas DC-3s over Colombia

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1972 Las Palomas mid-air collision

Mid-air collision between two Douglas DC-3s over Colombia

On 29 July 1972, Avianca Flight 630, operating a scheduled domestic passenger flight within Colombia, flying from La Vanguardia Airport to Los Colonizadores Airport, with stopovers at Paz de Ariporo Airport and Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport, collided with another Avianca flight, operating as Flight 626, also operating a scheduled domestic passenger flight within Colombia from La Vanguardia Airport to Las Gaviotas Air…

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