Bombing | |
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Date | November 27, 1989 |
Summary | In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing |
Site | Cerro Canoas, Soacha, Colombia 4°33′30″N 74°15′45″W / 4.55833°N 74.26250°W |
Total fatalities | 110 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-21 |
Operator | Avianca |
IATA flight No. | AV203 |
ICAO flight No. | AVA203 |
Call sign | AVIANCA 203 |
Registration | HK-1803 |
Flight origin | El Dorado Int'l Airport |
Destination | Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Int'l Airport |
Occupants | 107 |
Passengers | 101 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 107 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 3 |
Avianca Flight 203 was a Colombian domestic passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. It was destroyed by a bomb over the municipality of Soacha on November 27, 1989.[1] All 107 people on board as well as three people on the ground were killed. The bombing had been ordered by the Medellín drug cartel.