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Date: | Thursday 17 October 1946 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed 10E Electra |
Owner/operator: | TACA de Honduras |
Registration: | XH-TAB |
MSN: | 1133 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Cedros -
Honduras
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Tegucigalpa |
Destination airport: | San Ignacio |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into a mountain between San Ignacio and Tegucigalpa in poor visibility conditions. Pilot, co-pilot and five passengers.
Note: (1) another TACA airplane suffered an accident a day before without casualties (16 OCT 1946)
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 19 October 1946, p3
(1) La Nación (Santiago) 19 October 1946, p6
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
23-Apr-2010 13:26 |
TB |
Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Nature] |
10-Aug-2015 11:30 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |