De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver crash, Sep 8, 1953 (6 killed)

De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver accident on September 8, 1953 near Yopal Casanare, Colombia with 6 fatalities.

The Colombian Air Force Beaver departed Yopal for Sogamoso with one pilot and five civilians aboard. It crashed in mountainous terrain a few minutes after takeoff, and all six occupants were killed. The wreckage was not found until March 1954.

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