1969 La Paz Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Douglas DC-6 crash
Douglas DC-6B · Cause unknown; possible controlled flight into terrain
From Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport (SRZ/SLET), Bolivia to La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 74 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 74
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Douglas DC-6B
- Aircraft type
- Douglas DC-6
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- CP-698
- Operator
- Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
- Onboard fatalities
- 74
- Route
- From Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport (SRZ/SLET), BoliviaTo La Paz-El Alto Airport (LPB/SLLP), Bolivia
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The 1969 La Paz Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Douglas DC-6 crash, also known as the Viloco tragedy, was an accident involving a Douglas DC-6B of the Bolivian airline Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano that collided with Mount Choquetanga, 176 km (110 miles) southeast of La Paz, Bolivia, on 26 September 1969, killing all 74 people on board, including 17 members of a Bolivian association football team named The Strongest.
Accident
The Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Douglas DC-6B took off from Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport, Bolivia on a scheduled flight to La Paz-El Alto Airport, Bolivia carrying 5 crew and 69 passengers, including 17 members of a Bolivian football team named The Strongest, on 26 September 1969. The flight was under the command of Captain Teddy Scott Villa, age 39, First Officer Alberto Estrugo, 31, and Radio Operator Germán Guzmán, with flight attendants Carlos Fiorilo and Rosario Vergara in the cabin. Around 3.10pm while cruising at an altitude of
15500 ft, the plane crashed into a slope of Mount Choquetanga, 176 km (110 miles) southeast of La Paz, Bolivia. The wreckage was found after a three day search where it was also discovered that there were no survivors.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1969 La Paz Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Douglas DC-6 crash
- Revision
- 1339308311 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q20986941
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1969 La Paz Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Douglas DC-6 crash" (page 72186152, revision 1339308311)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator is an airline according to Wikidata
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.