What the records say
- When
- 18 Jan 1986
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 16.88° N, 89.78° W
- Description
- 1986 aviation accident in Guatemala
- Deaths
- 93
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
1986 Aerovías Guatemala Caravelle crash
Fatal aviation accident in Guatemala
The 1986 Aerovías Guatemala air crash occurred on 18 January 1986 and involved a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III that crashed into a hill on approach to Santa Elena Airport, Flores, Guatemala after a short flight from Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport. All 93 passengers and crew on board were killed, making it the worst air disaster in Guatemalan history.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в авиационной катастрофе в Гватемале во время перелёта к руинам Тикаля, городища майя, погибло 93 человека”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “accidente aéreo en las selvas de El Petén en Guatemala, cerca las ruinas mayas de Tikal”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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