Panama City - Bogotá

On April 1, 1978 at 12:00 AM, Panama City - Bogotá experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by Thrifty Threads, with the event recorded near Unguía Chocó.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

En route from Panama City to Bogotá, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in the Unguía lagoon and came to rest. Both pilots escaped uninjured while the aircraft was written off. It was reported that the crew was not authorized to enter the Colombian airspace.

Aircraft reference details include registration N777DC, MSN 141, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.0412°, -77.0934°.