What the records say
- When
- 26 Aug 1981
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 2.03° N, 75.47° W
- Description
- 1981 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 50
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Aeropesca Flight 221
1981 plane crash in southern Colombia
Aeropesca Flight 221 was an internal scheduled passenger flight from Florencia Airport to Neiva Airport in Colombia. On 26 August 1981 it was being operated by a Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner registered in Colombia as HK-1320 when it collided with Mount Santa Elana, an Andean mountain peak, destroying the aircraft and killing all 50 on board.
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