What the records say
- When
- 27 Oct 1975
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 15.70° S, 67.17° W
- Description
- aircraft accident in Bolivia
1975 Transporte Aéreo Militar Convair CV-440 crash
Aircraft accident in Bolivia
On 27 October 1975 a Convair CV-440-12 operated by Transporte Aéreo Militar (TAM) was on a domestic flight from Tomonoco to El Alto Airport, La Paz, Bolivia. At approximately 11:00 the aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Caranavi. All 67 people aboard died in the crash. The crash is believed to have been caused by overloading. It is the deadliest crash involving the Convair CV-240 family of aircraft.
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