Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221 Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221 Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221 was an internal scheduled passenger flight from Florencia Airport to Neiva Airport in Colombia. On 26 August 1981 it was being operated by a Vickers Viscount turboprop airliner registered in Colombia as "HK-1320" when it collided with Mount Santa Elana, an Andean mountain peak, destroying the aircraft and killing all 50 on board. The investigation by the Colombian authorities concluded the probable cause was "continuing VFR in meteorological conditions below the minimum laid down in the Manual of Colombian air routes". The aircraft was a four-engined Vickers Viscount 745D turboprop airliner registered
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