- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 29, 1974
Time: ?
Location: Tikal, Guatemala
Operator: Edwin Ortiz
Flight #: ?
Route: Tikal - Guatemala City
AC Type: Lockheed 18 LodeStar
Registration: TG-HTM
cn / ln: 582
Aboard: 24   (passengers:21  crew:3)
Fatalities: 24   (passengers:213  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Few minutes after takeoff from Tikal Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed on the slope of a mountain located few km from the airport. Possible in-flight fire.
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