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Date: | Friday 6 October 1972 |
Time: | c. 14:00 |
Type: | Aero Commander 680 Super |
Owner/operator: | Línea Aérea Taxpa |
Registration: | CC-CEO |
MSN: | 680-288-3 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pacific Ocean -
Chile
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Valparaíso/Rodelillo |
Destination airport: | Robinsón Crusoe Airport (SCIR) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Bi-motor Aero Commander disappeared. Pilot Germán Azevedo and eight passengers (two children, five women and a Carabinero). Last contact 13:44 with report of failure of one engine. Never found. Probably cause: water contaminated fuel during refuelling at Valparaíso. Departed Los Cerillos 11:30 with final destination Isla de Pascua (Rapa Nui).
Sources:
La Nación (Santiago) 7 October 1972, p16/8 October 1972, p2
Revision history:
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27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
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29-Apr-2017 21:12 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Aug-2017 20:37 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Cn] |
18-Oct-2023 18:14 |
TB |
Updated |