Qualla: LAC Colombia Flight 028 https://qualla.com/lac-colombia-flight-028 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:58 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/x/0/lac-colombia-flight-028-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: LAC Colombia Flight 028 https://qualla.com/lac-colombia-flight-028 LAC Colombia Flight 028: Introduction https://qualla.com/lac-colombia-flight-028/ Photo credit Procolotor, CC BY-SA 3.0. It was a Sunday afternoon in the suburb of Mariano Roque Alonso, just north of Asunción, and the children had a soccer field to themselves. February 4, 1996, was hot and clear, the kind of day Paraguayans spend outdoors. At 14:12, a few minutes after a cargo plane lifted off from the airport two kilometers away, the aircraft banked, lost its lift, and came down on the field where they were playing. Twenty-two people died that afternoon. Thirteen of them were children.

Read more: LAC Colombia Flight 028 on Qualla

Image: Procolotor | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/x/0/lac-colombia-flight-028-wp/6ex0-lac-colombia-flight-028-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full LAC Colombia Flight 028: Four Minutes From the Runway https://qualla.com/lac-colombia-flight-028/ Photo credit Procolotor, CC BY-SA 3.0. The aircraft was a Douglas DC-8, a four-engine freighter that had already flown for twenty-nine years. It belonged to Líneas Aéreas del Caribe, a Colombian cargo carrier known by its initials, LAC. Flight 028 had departed Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque, bound em...

Read more: LAC Colombia Flight 028 on Qualla

Image: Procolotor | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/x/0/lac-colombia-flight-028-wp/6ex0-lac-colombia-flight-028-four-minutes-from-the-runway.mp3 0:06 2 full LAC Colombia Flight 028: The People on the Ground https://qualla.com/lac-colombia-flight-028/ Photo credit Procolotor, CC BY-SA 3.0. The four Colombian crew members died on impact. So did eighteen people on the ground, most of them children who had been kicking a ball across the grass when the shadow of the plane crossed over them. They were not passengers, not aviators, not anyone who had chosen to be near an...

Read more: LAC Colombia Flight 028 on Qualla

Image: Procolotor | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/x/0/lac-colombia-flight-028-wp/6ex0-lac-colombia-flight-028-the-people-on-the-ground.mp3 0:06 3 full LAC Colombia Flight 028: A Verdict the Recorders Could Not Soften https://qualla.com/lac-colombia-flight-028/ Photo credit Procolotor, CC BY-SA 3.0. Three civil aviation authorities investigated together: Colombia's, Paraguay's, and the United States National Transportation Safety Board. The flight recorders told the story plainly. The captain had improperly ceded control to the co-pilot, a prohibited act, and had made the ai...

Read more: LAC Colombia Flight 028 on Qualla

Image: Procolotor | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/x/0/lac-colombia-flight-028-wp/6ex0-lac-colombia-flight-028-a-verdict-the-recorders-could-not-soften.mp3 0:06 4 full LAC Colombia Flight 028: What Endures https://qualla.com/lac-colombia-flight-028/ Photo credit Procolotor, CC BY-SA 3.0. LAC never recovered. The crash gutted the airline's reputation and finances, and Líneas Aéreas del Caribe ceased operations later that same year. But the deeper legacy is not corporate. It belongs to the neighborhood that absorbed the blow. Cargo flights still climb out of Silvio...

Read more: LAC Colombia Flight 028 on Qualla

Image: Procolotor | CC BY-SA 3.0

]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/e/x/0/lac-colombia-flight-028-wp/6ex0-lac-colombia-flight-028-what-endures.mp3 0:06 5 full