Araracuara – Villavicencio

On March 15, 1960 at 12:00 AM, Araracuara – Villavicencio experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Agencia Interamericana de Aviación - AIDA Colombia, with the event recorded near El Refugio Meta.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 46.2%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

Crashed in the jungle while en route from Araracuara to Villavicencio. Two crew members and four passengers were killed and seven other occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-1001E.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 2.1840°, -73.7974°.