ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329092
| Date: | Thursday 30 June 1977 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188CF Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Cooperativa Nacional de Montecillos |
| Registration: | N126US |
| MSN: | 1105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 65 km off Bocas del Toro, Panama [Caribbean Sea] -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO/MROC) |
| Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI) |
A Lockheed L-188CF Electra cargo plane went missing over the Caribbean Sea with four persons on board.
The aircraft transported 16330 kg frozen meat from San José, Costa Rica to Caracas, Venezuela. It took off at 14:00 hours and was expected to arrive at Caracas about 17:40 hours. Last radio contact was at 15:05 hours
A search mission, covering over 1417 square nautical miles, failed to find the aircraft.
Sources:
La Nacion - Jul 2, 1977
Location
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA); July 1962
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); October 1975
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