Air disaster

1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident

1 Sep 1982 · 4.54° S, 79.17° W

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When
1 Sep 1982
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
4.54° S, 79.17° W
Description
1982 DHC-4 crash in the Andes
Deaths
44

1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident

1982 DHC-4 crash in the Andes

The 1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident occurred on 1 September 1982 when a twin-engined de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou on an internal scheduled passenger flight operated by Aerolíneas Cóndor (Aerocondor) from Zumba Airport to Loja Airport collided with high ground in the Andes in bad weather.

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