Crash of an Avro 748-260-2A near Florencia: 32 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 9, 1974 at 1640 LT
Registration:
FAC-1103
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bucaramanga – Florencia – Bogotá
MSN:
1704
YOM:
1971
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
29
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
32
Circumstances:
Ten minutes after takeoff from Florencia-Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of Mt Gabinete (3,500 meters high) located about 34 km northwest of Florencia. The wreckage was found in a wooded 200 meters below the summit and all 32 occupants have been killed.