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Safety history
August 9, 1954AccidentHull loss
ICAO Circular 47-AN/42
No 27
Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia (Avianca), Constellation aircraft crashed
9 kilometres west of Lajes Airport, Azores, 9 August 1954, DGCA Portugal
Accident Report
Circumstances
The aircraft, engaged on a scheduled trans-Atlantic service, had landed at Lajes Airport,
Azores, at 0008 hours on 9 August 1954, having been diverted from Santa Maria where the
weather conditions were below minimum. Three minutes after taking off from runway 34 at
Lajes Airport at approxi
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