Avianca Flight 671

Avianca Flight 671
Accident summary
An Avianca Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation similar to the accident aircraft
Date	21 January 1960
Site	Sangster International Airport Montego Bay, Jamaica 18°30′10″N 77°54′44″W / 18.5028°N 77.9122°W / 18.5028; -77.9122Coordinates: 18°30′10″N 77°54′44″W / 18.5028°N 77.9122°W / 18.5028; -77.9122
Passengers	39
Crew	7
Fatalities	37 (2 crew, 35 passengers)
Survivors	9 (5 crew, 4 passengers)
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

Avianca Flight 671 was a flight using a Lockheed Constellation that crashed and burned on landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 21 January 1960, killing 37 people, making it the worst accident in Jamaican aviation history. The aircraft was a Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation that was used by Avianca for its Bogota-Montego Bay routes.

Aircraft

Avianca Flight 671, registration HK-177, was a Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation en route from Miami International Airport to Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Accident

The plane made a heavy touchdown, bounced and landed back on the runway, then skidded down the runway in flames, coming to rest inverted, 1900 feet from the runway threshold and 200 feet to the left.^[1]

Aftermath

37 people were killed in the accident,^[2] making it the worst accident in Jamaican aviation history. Among the victims were Thomas C. Capehart, son of American Senator Homer E. Capehart.^[3]

References

↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 March 2010.
↑ "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.
↑ "17 Americans Among 37 Lost in Air Crash". Los Angeles Times. 22 January 1960. p. 2.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960 (1960)
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Jan 6 National Airlines Flight 2511
Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20
Jan 19 SAS Flight 871
Jan 21 Avianca Flight 671
Feb 25 Rio de Janeiro crash
Mar 17 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710
May 1 U-2 incident
Jun 10 Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538
Jul 15 Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372
Jul 16 1960 Danish football air crash
Sep 26 Austrian Airlines Flight 901
Oct 4 Eastern Air Lines Flight 375
Oct 29 Cal Poly football team
Dec 16 New York mid-air collision
Dec 17 Munich Convair 340 crash

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