1969 La Paz Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Douglas DC-6 crash

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 nicknamed The Strongest.

[1] 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, First Officer Alberto Estrugo 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 15,500 ft (4,724 m), the plane crashed into a slope of Mount Choquetanga, 176 km (110 miles) southeast of La Paz, Bolivia.

[1] The aircraft was destroyed in the crash killing all 74 people on board including the seventeen Bolivian football players.