LAC Colombia Flight 028 · Mariano Roque Alonso
On February 4, 1996, LAC Colombia Flight 028 (Mariano Roque Alonso). 4 people died.
- Date
- February 4, 1996
- Place
- Mariano Roque Alonso
- Operator
- LAC Colombia
- Killed
- 4
- Position
- 25.212°S, 57.533°W
- Wikidata ID
- Q84955168
From Wikipedia
LAC Colombia Flight 028 was a scheduled cargo flight that took off from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque, Paraguay and was bound for Campinas International Airport in Campinas, Brazil. It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Paraguay. The crash was caused by the pilot improperly ceding control to the co-pilot shortly after takeoff, then turning off two of the engines to hinder operation of the plane by the co-pilot.
On February 4, 1996, at 14:12 local time, the plane, a 29-year-old Douglas DC-8 of the now-defunct Colombian airline Líneas Aéreas del Caribe (LAC) stalled and crashed in a neighborhood in the district of Mariano Roque Alonso, about ten kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Paraguay's capital Asunción, a few minutes after takeoff. The crash killed 22 people: the 4 crew members, along with 18 people on the ground, mostly children who were playing on a soccer field. There were also several injuries and damage to several houses in the surrounding area.
Text from Wikipedia, “LAC Colombia Flight 028”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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