Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Dec 31, 1968 (26 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on December 31, 1968 near Soto la Marina Tamaulipas, Mexico with 26 fatalities.

A SAESA Douglas C 47 on a scheduled flight from Reynosa to Tampico struck a mountain slope west of Soto la Marina while cruising in marginal weather. Wreckage was found hours later in the El Diablo canyon, and all 26 occupants were killed.

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