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Avianca Flight 203
HK-1803, the aircraft involved in the bombing
Bombing
DateNovember 27, 1989
SummaryIn-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing
SiteCerro Canoas, Soacha, Colombia
4°33′30″N 74°15′45″W / 4.55833°N 74.26250°W / 4.55833; -74.26250
Total fatalities110
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 727-21
OperatorAvianca
RegistrationHK-1803
Flight originEl Dorado Int'l Airport
DestinationAlfonso Bonilla Aragón Int'l Airport
Occupants107
Passengers101
Crew6
Fatalities107
Survivors0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities3

Avianca Flight 203 was a Colombian domestic passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. It was destroyed by a bomb over the municipality of Soacha on November 27, 1989.[1] All 107 people on board as well as three people on the ground were killed. The bombing had been ordered by the Medellín drug cartel.

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