Accident | |
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Date | 21 January 1960 |
Summary | Runway excursion, hard landing |
Site |
Sangster International Airport Montego Bay, Jamaica 18°30′10″N 77°54′44″W / 18.5028°N 77.9122°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation |
Operator | Avianca |
Registration | HK-177 |
Flight origin | New York-Idlewild Airport |
Stopover | Miami International Airport (unscheduled) |
1st stopover |
Sangster International Airport Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Destination | El Dorado International Airport |
Occupants | 46 |
Passengers | 39 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 37 |
Survivors | 9 |
Avianca Flight 671, registration HK-177, was a Lockheed Constellation that crashed and burned on landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 21 January 1960. It was and remains the worst accident in Jamaican aviation history. [1]
The flight had originated at Miami International Airport, Florida. The aircraft operating the flight was a Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation used by Avianca for its Bogota-Montego Bay routes. Thirty-seven of the 46 passengers and crew aboard were killed.
On landing, the plane made a heavy touchdown, bounced, and landed back on the runway, then skidded down the runway in flames. It came to rest upside down, 580 metres (1,900 ft) from the runway threshold and 60 metres (200 ft) to the left thereof. [2]
Accident | |
---|---|
Date | 21 January 1960 |
Summary | Runway excursion, hard landing |
Site |
Sangster International Airport Montego Bay, Jamaica 18°30′10″N 77°54′44″W / 18.5028°N 77.9122°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation |
Operator | Avianca |
Registration | HK-177 |
Flight origin | New York-Idlewild Airport |
Stopover | Miami International Airport (unscheduled) |
1st stopover |
Sangster International Airport Montego Bay, Jamaica |
Destination | El Dorado International Airport |
Occupants | 46 |
Passengers | 39 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 37 |
Survivors | 9 |
Avianca Flight 671, registration HK-177, was a Lockheed Constellation that crashed and burned on landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 21 January 1960. It was and remains the worst accident in Jamaican aviation history. [1]
The flight had originated at Miami International Airport, Florida. The aircraft operating the flight was a Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation used by Avianca for its Bogota-Montego Bay routes. Thirty-seven of the 46 passengers and crew aboard were killed.
On landing, the plane made a heavy touchdown, bounced, and landed back on the runway, then skidded down the runway in flames. It came to rest upside down, 580 metres (1,900 ft) from the runway threshold and 60 metres (200 ft) to the left thereof. [2]