A winter storm in the Northeast United States caused the airline to delay the departure of the airliner for 30 minutes to allow for connecting passengers to board the flight, and seasonal congestion caused further delay. Flight history Departure Īt that time, Flight 965 mainly carried people returning to Colombia for the Christmas holiday, vacationers, and businesspeople. The aircraft was powered by two Rolls-Royce RB211 engines. Its first flight was on August 12, 1991, and was delivered to American Airlines on Augit was the 390th Boeing 757 built. The aircraft was a Boeing 757-223 registered N651AA. Ī Boeing 757 (N650AA), identical to the one involved in the accident The Colombian Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics investigated the accident and determined it was caused by navigational errors by the flight crew. carrier since the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988. Flight 965 was the deadliest air disaster involving a U.S.
It was also the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 757 at that time, but was surpassed by Birgenair Flight 301 which crashed seven weeks later with 189 fatalities. The crash was the first U.S.-owned 757 accident and is currently the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia.
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On December 20, 1995, the Boeing 757-200 flying this route ( registration N651AA ) crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing 151 of the 155 passengers and all eight crew members. Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, United StatesĪlfonso Bonilla Aragón Int'l Airport, Cali, ColombiaĪmerican Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia.
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