On 5 February 1960, a Douglas DC-4 passenger aircraft of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano on a domestic flight from Cochabamba to La Paz, Bolivia, crashed shortly after take-off.

[1][2] Five minutes after taking off from Cochabamba's Jorge Wilstermann Airport, one of the plane's four engines reportedly caught fire.

[3][4] The aircraft subsequently crashed into a lagoon in the Andes, some 20 miles from the city of Cochabamba.

[9][10] Out of the 59 onboard, one child survived the initial crash, but died due to their injuries while being taken to a hospital by rescuers.

[11] The airline canceled all flights the day of the crash for mourning.