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LAN-Chile Flight 107
A Douglas DC-6 of LAN Chile, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date6 February 1965
SummaryPilot error, controlled flight into terrain
SiteNear San José Volcano, Chile
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-6B-404
OperatorLAN Chile
RegistrationCC-CCG
Flight originLos Cerrillos Airport, Santiago, Chile
DestinationMinistro Pistarini International Airport, Ezeiza, Argentina
Occupants87
Passengers80
Crew7
Fatalities87
Survivors0

LAN-Chile Flight 107 was a regular scheduled international flight from the Chilean capital Santiago to Buenos Aires in Argentina. On 6 February 1965, the Douglas DC-6B-404 operating the flight crashed in the Andes. All 87 occupants of the aircraft died in the crash.

Accident

The DC-6 departed from Santiago-Los Cerrillos Airport on the morning of 6 February with 80 passengers and seven crew members on board, on a flight to Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, near Buenos Aires. When the aircraft was at flight level 120, in the Las Melosas area of the Andes, it crashed into the side of La Corona Mountain, approximately 370 metres (1,200 ft) below its summit. There were no survivors.

Twenty-two of the passengers had been players and staff of Santiago's Antonio Varas football team, who were on their way to Uruguay for a match against the Camadeo team in Montevideo.

As of 2021, Flight 107 was the deadliest aviation disaster in Chilean history and the second-deadliest aviation accident involving a DC-6, behind Olympic Airways Flight 954.

Cause

The accident investigation board attributed the accident to the pilot in command of the aircraft, who chose to follow a route that was neither in accordance with the approved flight plan nor the airline's operations manual. Weather was not a factor in the crash.

See also

References

  1. Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B CC-CCG San José Volcano
  2. "Chilean plane crash kills 87". Lewiston Morning Tribune. 7 February 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. Edgar A. Haine, Disaster in the Air (Cornwall Books, 2000) p153
  4. Aviation Safety Network Database for Chile
  5. Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition. Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 61.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1965 (1965)
Jan 4 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20Jan 16 USAF KC-135 Wichita crashFeb 6 LAN-Chile Flight 107Feb 8 Eastern Air Lines Flight 663Mar 7 Aeroflot Flight 542Mar 8 Aeroflot Flight 513Apr 14 British United Airways Flight 1030XMay 5 Iberia Flight 401May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705Jun 28 Pan Am Flight 843Jul 1 Continental Airlines Flight 12Jul 6 Little Baldon Hastings crashJul 8 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21Jul 10 Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748Jul 20 Cambrian Airways Liverpool crashJul 23 Allegheny Airlines Flight 604Aug 16 United Air Lines Flight 389Aug 24 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F CrashSep 17 Pan Am Flight 292Sep 19 Gujarat Beechcraft incidentOct 20 Philippine Air Lines Flight 741Oct 27 British European Airways Vickers Vanguard crashNov 2 Argentine Air Force C-54 disappearanceNov 8 American Airlines Flight 383Nov 11 United Air Lines Flight 227Nov 11 Aeroflot Flight 99Dec 4 Carmel mid-air collisionDec 5 Philippine Sea A-4 incident
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