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Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando near Yalí: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 14, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HK-333
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Medellín – Barranquilla
MSN:
49
YOM:
1944
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft left Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport at 1418LT on a cargo flight to Barranquilla. En route, the airplane hit the slope of a mountain located 12 km from Yalí. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were killed.