Boeing 727-100 crash, Mar 17, 1988 (143 killed), Mt El Es...
Boeing 727-100 accident on March 17, 1988 near Mt El Espartillo, Norte de Santander, Colombia with 143 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: March 17, 1988
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Mt El Espartillo, Norte de Santander, Colombia
- Fatalities: 143
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain attributed to pilot error and a lack of crew resource management.
Avianca Flight 410, a Boeing 727 on a domestic service from Bucaramanga toward Barranquilla, struck El Espartillo mountain shortly after takeoff from Cucuta on 17 March 1988. All 143 people aboard died.