Bogotá – Cartagena – San Andres – Panama City – Cali – Bogotá

On January 11, 1995 at 07:38 PM, Bogotá – Cartagena – San Andres – Panama City – Cali – Bogotá experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by Intercontinental Colombia - Intercontinental de Aviación, with the event recorded near María La Baja Bolívar.

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

52 people were known to be on board, 51 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 98.1%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 47, passenger fatalities: 46, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Bogotá-El Dorado Airport at 1843LT with a delay of six hours because of technical problems with the electrical systems. At 1934LT, after being cleared to start the descent to Cartagena-Rafael Núñez Airport, the crew descended from FL190 to FL080 when radar contact was lost. Four minutes later, the pilot of a Cessna 208 operated by Aerocorales informed ARTCC about a plane descending vertically and crashing in a marshy field located near María La Baja. The wreckage was found about 40 km southeast of Cartagena Airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and among the debris, a nine year old girl was found alive, all 51 other occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HK-3839X, MSN 45742/26, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 9.9840°, -75.3020°.