1986 Ilopango Douglas DC-6 crash

The crash killed 37 people on board the aircraft making it the deadliest military aviation accident in Salvadoran history.There were 4 crew members and 33 passengers[2] The flight was carrying military personnel to a mechanics course in Panama.Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft caught fire and crashed into a hill 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the airport at 4:32 a.m. local time.[2] The Salvadoran government initially suggested that a mechanical failure caused the crash[3] but did not rule out sabotage by the rebel Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), although the government considered sabotage to be "unlikely".[3] It was the deadliest aviation accident in Salvadoran history until 9 August 1995 when Aviateca Flight 901 crashed and killed 65 people.
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