All 107 aboard killed as Colombian jet explodes 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1989)

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Video: 'Avianca flight 203'

(Monday, November 27, 1989, 7:18 a.m. Colombia Time) — A bomb blamed on drug traffickers today destroyed Avianca Flight 203, a Colombian domestic passenger flight from the Colombian capital Bogotá en route to Cali, over the municipality of Soacha, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground.

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All 107 aboard killed as Colombian jet explodes 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 27 1989)

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