On 9 March 2019, a Douglas DC-3 operated by Latinoamericana de Servicios Aéreo (Laser Aéreo) crashed near San Carlos de Guaroa, Colombia.

[1] The Aeronautica Civil reports that the aircraft, registered HK-2494, was built in 1945,[4][5] for the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) as a Douglas TC-47B-DK (USAAF 44-76773 / MSN 16357 / 33105), and converted to a Douglas R4D-7 (USN Bureau Number 99826) for the United States Navy on 14 May 1945.

Re-designated as a Douglas TC-47K in 1962, it was transferred to the University of Texas at Austin on 8 Oct 1971 with civil registration N87611.

The crew then radioed in a mayday and diverted to La Rinconada, a plantation.

At 10:31 am local time, the crew made their final transmission stating they had the runway in sight.