Cochabamba – La Paz

On February 5, 1960 at 07:20 AM, Cochabamba – La Paz experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-4, operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB Airlines, with the event recorded near Cochabamba Cochabamba.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

59 people were known to be on board, 59 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 55, passenger fatalities: 55, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Cochabamba-Jorge Wilsterman Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 9,000 feet, the captain informed ATC that an engine exploded. Shortly later, the airplane went out of control and crashed in Laguna Huanacota, about 13 km south of the airport. A young girl aged two was seriously injured while all 58 other occupants were killed. While being evacuated to the hospital, the only survivor died from her injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-609, MSN 10510, year of manufacture 1945.

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