Port of Spain – Bogotá

On December 8, 1978 at 06:25 PM, Port of Spain – Bogotá experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by LAC Colombia - Lineas Aéreas del Caribe, with the event recorded near Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Boyacá.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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 technical failure. En route on a cargo flight from Port of Spain to Bogotá, while in cruising altitude, the crew declared an emergency and reported an engine failure. The captain elected to divert to Tame Airport when the aircraft apparently crashed in the El Cocuy National Park. SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned as no trace of the aircraft nor the three crew members was found. Crew: Efrain Medina, pilot Hernan Rios, copilot, Nicanor Miranda, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-1707, MSN 44687/535, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 6.5356°, -72.3092°.