Avianca Flight 671

Avianca Flight 671
	An Avianca Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation similar to the accident aircraft
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 Sangster International Airport, 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 Bogotá-Montego Bay routes. Thirty-seven of the 46 passengers and crew aboard were killed. Among the dead was Manuel Jiménez Díaz, known as "Chicuelo II", a famous Spanish bullfighter.^[2]

Accident

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.^[3]

References

^ "AIR CRASH KILLS 37 AT MONTEGO BAY; 17 WERE FROM U.S.; Colombian Airliner on Flight From New York Overturns and Burns on Landing PLANE OVERTURNS AND CATCHES FIRE All 17 Americans on Board Are Victims of Landing Mishap – 9 Survive". New York Times. 22 January 1960. p. 1.
^ Topper, Javier Franco (7 April 2015). "EL RELATO DEL ACCIDENTE DEL SUPER CONSTELLATION HK-177 DE AVIANCA". volavi.co (in Spanish). volavi. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.

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[1] "AIR CRASH KILLS 37 AT MONTEGO BAY; 17 WERE FROM U.S.; Colombian Airliner on Flight From New York Overturns and Burns on Landing PLANE OVERTURNS AND CATCHES FIRE All 17 Americans on Board Are Victims of Landing Mishap – 9 Survive". New York Times. 22 January 1960. p. 1.

[2] Topper, Javier Franco (7 April 2015). "EL RELATO DEL ACCIDENTE DEL SUPER CONSTELLATION HK-177 DE AVIANCA". volavi.co (in Spanish). volavi. Retrieved 20 October 2024.

[3] Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.

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v t e Lockheed Constellation family
Model numbers	L-049 L-051 L-084 L-104 L-139 L-149 L-249 L-349 L-449 L-549 L-649 L-749 L-849 L-949 L-1049 A B/F L-1149 L-1249 L-1449 L-1549 L-1649
Names	Constellation (I) Constellation (II) Constellation (III) Speedfreighter Starliner Super Constellation (I) Super Constellation (II)
Military designations	B-30 C-69 C-121 F EC-121 PO R7O/R7V -2 WV W2V
Accidents and incidents	TWA Flight 513 (1946) TWA Flight 6963 (1946) Pan Am Flight 121 (1947) Pan Am Flight 1-10 (1948) Air France Flight 009 (1949) TWA Flight 903 (1950) Air India Flight 245 (1950) Pan Am Flight 151 (1951) Air France Flight 152 (1953) Air France Flight 178 (1953) KLM Flight 633 (1954) Air India Flight 300 (1955) El Al Flight 402 (1955) LAV Flight 253 (June 1956) TWA Flight 2 (1956) LAV Flight 253 (November 1956) KLM Flight 844 (1957) KLM Flight 607-E (1958) Lufthansa Flight 502 (1959) TWA Flight 891 (1959) Avianca Flight 671 (1960) Air France Flight 343 (1960) TWA Flight 266 (1960) Air France Flight 406 (1961) TWA Flight 529 (1961) IA Flight 201/8 (1961) FTL Flight 739 (1962) Paradise Airlines Flight 901A (1964) EAL Flight 853 (1965) LANSA Flight 501 (1966)
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