Avianca Flight 011
 HK-2910X, the aircraft involved in the accident at Madrid Barajas Airport in August 1983. | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 27, 1983 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Mejorada del Campo, Madrid, Spain |
| Passengers | 169 |
| Crew | 23 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 8 |
| Fatalities | 181 |
| Survivors | 11 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-283B |
| Aircraft name | Olafo |
| Operator | Avianca |
| Registration | HK-2910X |
| Flight origin |
Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt, West Germany |
| 2nd stopover |
Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris, France |
| 3rd stopover |
Madrid Barajas Int'l Airport Madrid, Spain |
| 4th stopover |
Simón Bolívar Int'l Airport Caracas, Venezuela |
| Destination |
El Dorado International Airport Bogotá, Colombia |
Avianca Flight 011, registration HK-2910X[1] (formerly LN-RNA), was a Boeing 747-283B on an international scheduled passenger flight from Frankfurt via Paris, Madrid, and Caracas to Bogotá that crashed on November 27, 1983.
The Frankfurt-Paris segment on this day had been cancelled by Avianca. As a result, the passengers who were to board Avianca flight 011 in Frankfurt had been placed on a Lufthansa flight to Paris. Because they had to wait for these passengers to land, the flight was delayed departing Paris. At 23:31 the airplane started descent to Madrid-Barajas Airport. During the descent, the airplane touched a hill, then a second one, before hitting the ground and disintegrating. All 19 crew members, as well as 162 out of 173 passengers, were killed.[1] The cause of the accident was judged to be pilot error, having incorrectly determined the position of the plane.[1]
As of 2013, Avianca Flight 011 remains the second-deadliest aviation accident in Spanish territory behind the Tenerife airport disaster. Today, Avianca still operates Flight 011, a daily flight from Madrid to Bogota, using a Boeing 787-8.
Notable people killed
- Jorge Ibargüengoitia - Mexican novelist;
- Ángel Rama - Uruguayan writer, academic, and literary critic;
- Manuel Scorza - Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist;
- Marta Traba - Argentine writer and art critic;
- Rosa Sabater - Spanish pianist.
See also
- List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
- Korean Air flight 801
- Prinair Flight 277
- Japan Airlines Flight 123
References
- 1 2 3 "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
External links
 Pre-Crash photos of HK-2910 at Airliners.net | |
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Photo of the crashed airliner from AirDisaster.com |
- Report from the Ministry of Infrastructures, Spain - Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission (Spanish).
- Transcript of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR)
- Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
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Coordinates: 40°24′12″N 3°26′57″W / 40.40333°N 3.44917°W