Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217

Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217

Sister-ship to the accident aircraft in a later Intercontinental Colombia livery
Accident
Date	26 March 1982
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Quetame, Colombia
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount 745D
Operator	Aeropesca Colombia
Registration	HK-2382
Flight origin	La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio, Colombia
Destination	El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia
Passengers	15
Crew	6
Fatalities	21
Survivors	0

Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217 was an domestic scheduled passenger flight in Colombia from La Vanguardia Airport, Villavicencio to El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.^[1] On 26 March 1982 the flight was operated by a four-engined Vickers Viscount turboprop registered HK-2382 which collided with a mountain at 7,700 feet 130 km south east from Bogotá near Quetame in bad weather.^[1] The storm hampered rescue attempts. All 21 on board were killed.^[1]

The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount 745D four-engined turboprop that had been built in the United Kingdom in 1956 for Capital Airlines of the United States.^[2] First flown on 15 December 1956 it was bought by Aeropesca Colombia in March 1976.^[2]

At 3:25PM, flight 217 departed from La Vanguardia Airport to El Dorado International Airport. Mid-flight, the aircraft crashed into a mountain at 7,700 feet from Bogota. Later at 5PM, it was declared an emergency, likely since the aircraft might’ve disappeared off radar.^[3]

The flight was under the command of Roberto Alfonso Simbaqueva (46) and co-pilot Alberto Leyva Garces (25).^[3] Including 4 unknown cabin crew.

There were 15 passengers noted in the crash, who are:

Yaneth Tapias, Orlando Barrera, Luis Neira, Arley Camilde, Edgar Salazar, Fernando Mina, Camilo Perez, Joselin Perez, Celina Lopez, Emilce Toncón, Milton Toncon, Manuel Coy, Leopoldo Parra, Cecilia Vargas and Fernando Lara.^[3]

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