Atacazo

Atacazo
Atacazo viewed from the other side
Highest point
Elevation	4,463 m (14,642 ft)
Prominence	1,180 m (3,870 ft)
Coordinates	0°21′10″S78°37′01″W / 0.35278°S 78.61694°W / -0.35278; -78.61694
Geography
Atacazo Ecuador
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	320 BCE ± 16 years

Atacazo is a volcano of the Western Cordillera located 25 kilometers southwest of Quito, Ecuador. Atacazo is a stratovolcano formed by the action of a Late-Pleistocene to Holocene caldera. ^[1] The last eruption of the Atacazo was nearly 2300 years ago.

Aerial tragedy

On November 7, 1960 a Fairchild F-27 turboprop passenger plane, operated by the now-defunct national airline AREA Ecuador, struck the Atacazo in bad weather during its approach to the newly-inaugurated Mariscal Sucre International Airport after a flight from Simón Bolívar International Airport, in Guayaquil. ^{[2] [3]} The crash, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south of Quito and 150 meters to the summit of the Atacazo, killed all the 37 occupants of the plane. ^[4] At the time, it was the worst aerial crash in the history of Ecuador, the first and worst fatal loss of an F-27 passenger plane, and the first accident involving the then-recently-opened Quito airport. ^{[5] [6]}

See also

• Geography portal
• South America portal
• Ecuador portal
• Mountains portal
• Volcanoes portal

• Lists of volcanoes
  • List of volcanoes in Ecuador

References

1. "Atacazo". Global Volcanism Program . Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved 2021-06-29.
2. "Los momentos tristes del aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre".
3. "Lost Schemes: #294 AREA-Ecuador DC-7C (1968) – Airlinercafe".
4. "Accident Fairchild F-27A HC-ADV, Monday 7 November 1960".
5. "Los momentos tristes del aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre".
6. "Accident Fairchild F-27A HC-ADV, Monday 7 November 1960".