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| | Avianca - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19) |
 | | Avianca was formed in 1940 by the merger of SCADTA and Servicio Aereo Colombiano. |
 | | Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747, crashed shortly before landing at Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain on September of 1983. |
 | | On January 25, 1990, Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing 707-321 jet (built in 1962) en route from Bogota to New York City via Medellin, crashed into Long Island after running out of fuel in a series of hold-up patterns, killing 73 of the 158 people on board. |
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