Avianca Flight 203

Avianca Flight 203
	HK-1803, the aircraft involved in the bombing
Bombing
Date	November 27, 1989
Summary	In-flight breakup due to terrorist bombing
Site	Cerro Canoas, Soacha, Colombia ; 4°33′30″N 74°15′45″W / 4.55833°N 74.26250°W
Total fatalities	110
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-21
Operator	Avianca
Registration	HK-1803
Flight origin	El Dorado Int'l Airport
Destination	Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Int'l Airport
Occupants	107
Passengers	101
Crew	6
Fatalities	107
Survivors	0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	3

Avianca Flight 203 was a Colombian domestic passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. It was destroyed by a bomb over the municipality of Soacha on November 27, 1989.^[1] All 107 people on board as well as three people on the ground were killed. The bombing had been ordered by the Medellín drug cartel.

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