Santa Cruz - Miami

On October 13, 1976 at 01:32 PM, Santa Cruz - Miami experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano - LAB Airlines, with the event recorded near Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Santa Cruz.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 113 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 3766.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 110.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After a long takeoff roll, the airplane took off from runway 32 but encountered serious difficulties to gain sufficient height. After liftoff, the airplane continued at a height of about six metres then struck successively trees, houses and power cables before crashing in a huge explosion on a soccer field located about 560 metres past the runway end. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and several houses and buildings were destroyed. All three crew members were killed as well as 110 people on the ground. 32 others were injured, most of them seriously. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were considered as marginal but did not contribute to the mishap.

Aircraft reference details include registration N730JP, MSN 17671, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.8067°, -63.1715°.