events
January 21, 1960
Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
Avianca Flight 671
Avianca Flight 671, registration HK-177, was a Lockheed Constellation that crashed and burned on landing at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 21 January 1960. It was and remains the worst accident in Jamaican aviation history.
Montego Bay
Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to over half a million people. As a result, Montego Bay is the second-largest anglophone city in the Caribbean, after Kingston.