Avianca Flight 410 Crash Kills 143 Near Venezuelan Border, March 17, 1988
A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
Date: March 17, 1988
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