20 Dec 1995: Boeing 757-223 — American Airlines

159 fatalities • Buga

Accident narrative

American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On December 20, 1995, the Boeing 757-200 flying this route crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, around 9:40 pm local time killing 151 of the 155 passengers and all 8 crew members.

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Related events

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Investigation report by Wikidata contributors. Original record: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q941612. This page is a structured re-presentation; facts and quotes are in the CC0 (Wikidata).

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