Avianca Flight 203
Boeing 727-21 | |
Operator | Avianca |
---|---|
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.
Aircraft and crew
The aircraft was a
The captain was José Ignacio Ossa Aristizábal, the first officer was Fernando Pizarro Esguerra, and the flight engineer was Luis Jairo Castiblanco Vargas. There were three flight attendants on board.[4]
Flight
Flight 203 took off as scheduled at 7:13 a.m. Five minutes into the flight, at a speed of 794 kilometres per hour (493 mph) and an altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000 m), an
Aftermath
An investigation determined that
Nine days after the bombing of the plane, the DAS Building bombing, presumably also ordered by the Medellín Cartel, killed 63 people in Bogotá.[11][12]
Avianca has not retired the flight number. Avianca 203 is, as of 2024, a flight from Orlando to Medellín.[14]
Later events
On November 28, 2016, the Colombian newspaper
In popular culture
This event is dramatized in Season 1, Episode 6 of Narcos (2015).[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ "Vuelo 1803, 20 años después" [Flight 1803, 20 years later]. YouTube (in Spanish). Testigo Directo. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ a b Ranter, Harro. Ranter, Harro; Lujan, Fabian I.; Jackman, Frank; Millam, Mark; Solorzano, Liz; Martin, Louise; Shahidi, Hassan; Nolan, Conor; Quinn, Kenneth P.; Watret, John R.; Hamilton, John; Lederer, Jerry (eds.). "Aircraft accident Boeing 727-21 HK-1803 Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG)". Aviation Safety Network (ASN). Alexandria, United States: Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Saffe, Omar Alex; Simon, De Rudder; Pamela, de Boer; Low, Dana; Jeuken, Sandra; Dominguez, Gerardo; Rowson, James; Sowa, Sebastian. Saffe, Omar Alexander; De Rudder, Simon; De Boer, Pamela; Low, Dana; Dominguez, Gerardo; Jeuken, Sandra; Rowson, James; Sowa, Sebastian; Kuhn, Stefan; Stam, Erwin (eds.). "HK-1803: Boeing 727-21 - 19035, operated by Avianca". JetPhotos (jetphotos.net). Stockholm, Sweden: Flightradar24 AB. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Tras 25 años, familiares de víctimas de explosión en avión de Avianca instaurarán demanda ante CIDH" [After 25 years, relatives of victims of an explosion in Avianca plane will file a complaint with the IACHR]. RCN Radio (in Spanish). 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ a b Prendergast, Alan (17 May 2001). Calhoun, Patricia; Le, Jane R.; Wilson, Michael; Eul, Patrick; Arneson, Chris; Kirk, Erin; Seidel, Allie; Koepke, Tyler; Speed, Chris; Padilla, April; Hortik, Anna; Dunahay, Sarah; Kontrelos, Tracy; Tobias, Scott (eds.). "The hit man nobody knows". Westword. Denver, United States: Denver Westword, LLC. (Voice Media Group/VMG National/Voice Media Group, LLC.). Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ISSN 1136-0232.
- ^ ISBN 0-87113-783-6.
- ^ "OBJETIVO: GAVIRIA" [OBJECTIVE: GAVIRIA]. Semana (in Spanish). 8 May 1995. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ISSN 1136-0232. Archived from the originalon 4 December 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ Semana (2007-08-06). "El 'Suizo', el hombre que voló avión de Avianca durante los aciagos tiempos del narcoterrorismo" [The 'Swiss', the man who flew Avianca's plane during the dark days of narcoterrorism]. Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Semana. Archived from the original on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (December 20, 1994). "Drug Trafficker Convicted Of Blowing Up Jetliner". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Man Who Bombed Avianca Flight Sentenced to Life". Associated Press. 1995-05-05. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "AV203 (AVA203) Avianca Flight Tracking and History". FlightAware. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ Hoffman, Thomas; Correa, Pablo; Silva, Sergio. "Avianca 203, la historia que nunca nos contaron" [Avianca 203, the story they never told us]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ Hoffman, Thomas; Correa, Pablo; Silva, Sergio (December 2, 2016). "Avianca 203, la historia que nunca nos contaron. Capitulo 5: El detalle inconveniente" [Avianca 203, the story they never told us. Chapter 5: The inconvenient detail]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Familiares de fallecidos de avión de Avianca, en 1989, responden a investigación de El Espectador" [Family members of Avianca's plane dead in 1989 respond to El Espectador's investigation]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-04-13.
External links
- Criminal Occurrence description at the Aviation Safety Network