Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 near Oroque: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 19, 1979
Registration:
HK-1710-W
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Barranquilla - Cúcuta
MSN:
252
YOM:
1969
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Barranquilla-Ernesto Cortissoz Airport under VFR mode. En route, weather conditions worsened and while cruising at 11,500 feet, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located near Oroque. The wreckage was found three days later and all four occupants were killed, among them two Mexican employees of the Anson Drilling Company, a Colombian Group specialized in Oil and Petroleum business.
