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Atacazo
Atacazo viewed from the other side
Highest point
Elevation4,463 m (14,642 ft)
Coordinates0°21′10″S 78°37′01″W / 0.35278°S 78.61694°W / -0.35278; -78.61694
Geography
Atacazo is located in EcuadorAtacazoAtacazoEcuador
Parent rangeAndes
Geology
Mountain typeStratovolcano
Last eruption320 BCE ± 16 years

Atacazo is a volcano of the Western Cordillera located 25 kilometers southwest of Quito, Ecuador. Atacazo is a stratovolcano formed by the action of a Late-Pleistocene to Holocene caldera. The last eruption of the Atacazo was nearly 2300 years ago.

Aerial tragedy

On November 7, 1960 a Fairchild F-27 turboprop passenger plane, operated by the now-defunct national airline AREA Ecuador, struck the Atacazo in bad weather during its approach to the newly-inaugurated Mariscal Sucre International Airport after a flight from Simón Bolívar International Airport, in Guayaquil. The crash, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south of Quito and 150 meters to the summit of the Atacazo, killed all the 37 occupants of the plane. At the time, it was the worst aerial crash in the history of Ecuador, the first and worst fatal loss of an F-27 passenger plane, and the first accident involving the then-recently-opened Quito airport.

See also

References

  1. "Atacazo". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  2. https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/quito/momentos-tristes-del-aeropuerto-mariscal.html
  3. https://airlinercafe.com/forums/topic/lost-schemes-294-area-ecuador-dc-7c-1968/
  4. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19601107-0
  5. https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/quito/momentos-tristes-del-aeropuerto-mariscal.html
  6. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19601107-0


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