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Medical Mission: Cessna Crashes in Colombia

What: Alas de Colombia Cessna 172N en route from Bucaramanga to Malaga
Where: Pescaderito Bajo village, a kilometer from Malaga Colombia
When: Oct 15 2010
Who: 4 aboard, all fatalities
Why: The pilot performed two flybys without landing and crashed on the third attempt. The crash may have been due to mechanical failure.

The plane was on a medical mission. The pilot Víctor Granados, anesthesiologist Luis Berrezueta, doctor Martha Rivera and head nurse Alba Hernández were killed in the crash.

Photos of the wreckage

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