Douglas DC-6 crash, Jan 23, 1988 (9 killed), San Carlos

Douglas DC-6 accident on January 23, 1988 near San Carlos, Río San Juan, Nicaragua with 9 fatalities.

A DC-6 supply flight to the Nicaraguan Contras crashed at Lomas de Arena, Rio San Juan, about 80 miles southeast of Managua, after being hit by a rocket on 23 January 1988. The army reported finding four bodies.

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