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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mce in Tapacarí: 13 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Chorolque
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Cochabamba – La Paz
MSN:
4018
YOM:
1932
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
10
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
13
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Cochabamba, bound to the west, the three engine aircraft impacted the slope of a mountain located near the village of Tapacarí. The aircraft was destroyed and all 13 occupants were killed.