Avianca Flight 410 was a flight that crashed on March 17, 1988, at Santander, Colombia. It was a Boeing 727, with the registration #HK-1716. That airplane had flown previously with Pan Am, as #N321PA. All 143 people on board died in the accident.
The crash's investigation pointed towards a non-crew member who distracted the members of the crew. It was widely speculated at the time, however, that Colombia's alleged drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar, may have been involved in the tragedy. Some of the speculations about this theory involved Escobar agents detonating a bomb aboard the jet-liner.
Avianca was only the second airline ever to operate in the history of aviation, right after KLM of the Netherlands, and the first one to fly in the Americas.
After the death or arrest of various traffickers at the hands of Colombian police, Avianca has regained its status as one of the safest airlines in the world and is enjoying a strong and healthy run as one of Latin America's leading airline companies.
Avianca is a reliable airline that today has flights all over South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, the United States and Europe.
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