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    On February 15, 1947, an Avianca Douglas DC-4 registered C-114 crashed into Mount El Tablazo en route from Barranquilla to Bogotá, Colombia, killing all...
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  • those incidents was Avianca Flight 011, which crashed in 1983. On January 22, 1947, a Douglas C-53B (registered C-108), crashed in the Magdalena River...
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  • programa de viajero frecuente de Avianca, TACA y AeroGal". Lifemiles.com. Retrieved 4 June 2013. "TACA 1945 Douglas DC-3 Accident". Aviation Safety Network...
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    Colombo-Alemana de Transportes Aéreos), ancestor of Avianca, ordered two. When Douglas factories went into war production, DC-5 production was curtailed to build additional...
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    The Douglas DC-4 is a piston-engine airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from 1942 to 1947. The type was originally designed...
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  • – An Avianca Douglas DC-4 crashed into Mount El Tabalazo due to pilot error, killing all 53 passengers and crew on board. May 29 – In the 1947 Héðinsfjörður...
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  • refusal to grant a general wage increase. 1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash: An Avianca Douglas DC-4 crashed into Mt. El Tablazo near Bogotá, Colombia,...
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  • the crash. Avianca Flight 4 – A Douglas C-54 was taking off from Bogota when it suddenly stalled, causing a rapid descent. The aircraft crashed into...
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  • of 19 on board. January 22 In Colombia, an Avianca DC-3 converted from a C-53B (registration C-108) crashed in the jungle near Puesto Aruajo, killing all...
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    operations in 2010. It was the second oldest airline in South America after Avianca, and among the oldest airlines in the world. It operated scheduled domestic...
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  • an engine fire caused a Douglas DC-3 to crash near Getafe killing all 21 occupants. On 29 April 1959, a Douglas DC-3 crashed onto Sierra de Valdemeca...
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    Tocumen International Airport (category Airports established in 1947)
    operations on June 22, 2022. On August 4, 1965, a Rutas Internacionales Peruanes SA (RIPSA), a Douglas DC-4 cargo flight, crashed after takeoff 2.5 mls NE of PTY...
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  • on the first weekend in November. 29 May 1947 A Flugfélag Islands Douglas DC-3 (registered as TF-ISI) crashed near Héðinsfjörður during a scheduled domestic...
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    crashed at Montauk, after an unexplained loss of control on January 28, 1961, while on a training flight, with six killed. Avianca Flight 052 crashed...
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  • December 22, 1956, a LAN Chile Douglas DC-6B made the world's first commercial flight over Antarctica. Since then, all of LAN's DC-6 fleet had painted on their...
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    the two crew and one passenger were uninjured. On April 4, 2001, a Roblex Aviation Douglas DC-3A registered N19BA ditched in the ocean after suffering...
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    countries; Pan Am also flew to Sydney from SFO. The year 1947 saw the start of United Airlines Douglas DC-6 flights to Hawaii and Philippine Airlines flights...
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    route. On July 15, 1947, Northwest was the first airline to begin direct service between the United States and Japan, using a Douglas DC-4 airliner named...
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    "Kobe Bryant Dies in Helicopter Crash". Retrieved 26 January 2020. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B I-LEAD Paris-Orly Airport (ORY)"...
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  • EgyptAir Flight 763, a Douglas DC-9-32 carrying Yugoslav registration YU-AHR crashed into the Shamsan Mountains, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Aden, killing...
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    during the attack on Broome while carrying a package of diamonds. The DC-3 crash landed at Carnot Bay, 80 kilometers from Broome. Pelikaan was subsequently...
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  • over the previous five years. Douglas DC-3s and Douglas DC-4s were introduced along with Martin 2-0-2 aircraft. In 1947, the airline introduced Lockheed...
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    County Airport. April 27, 1943: A US Navy Douglas DC-3 crashed in the hills near the Lake Chabot Golf Course, about 4 miles east of Oakland during approach...
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  • Muslim-owned airline in the British Raj. In February 1947, the airline bought three Douglas DC-3 aircraft and obtained a licence to fly in May of the...
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    Force. Retrieved 20 May 2021. "PAF DC-4 aircrash" Aviation Safety Network Database. Retrieved: 13 April 2012. "Avianca Constellation aircrash" Aviation...
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    operating under the same name, after the Netherlands's KLM, Colombia's Avianca, and Australia's Qantas. In addition to domestic services, Mexicana operated...
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    the fifth oldest airline in the world, after Dutch KLM (1919), Colombian Avianca (1919), Australian Qantas (1920), and Soviet/Russian Aeroflot (1923). It...
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  • Qamishli. The airline started its operations in June 1947 using two Beechcraft Model 18s and three Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Dakota). The Dakotas had been acquired...
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  • March 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 registered as TC-JAV, crashed into Ermenonville Forest, Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France...
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    Hospital and the Tacasuán Recreational Center. Avianca started its operations there with the famous Douglas DC-3. These planes arrived in the country in October...
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