Cochabamba – La Paz

On September 5, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Cochabamba – La Paz experienced a crash involving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB Airlines, with the event recorded near Cochabamba Cochabamba.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after takeoff from Cochabamba Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 9,000 feet, the airplane collided with a LAB C-49E registered CP-572. While the crew of the C-49 was able to perform an emergency landing at Trinidad Airport, the B-17 went out of control and crashed, killing all three crew members. The exact circumstances of the collision remains unclear.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-597.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.3726°, -66.1361°.