Atacazo
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Atacazo
| photo = Atacazo volcano.jpg
| photo_caption = Atacazo viewed from the other side
| elevation_m = 4463
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| location = Ecuador
| range = Andes
| map = Ecuador |relief=1
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| map_size = 250
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|0|21|10|S|78|37|01|W|type:mountain_region:EC_scale:100000_source:dewiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| type = Stratovolcano
| age =
| last_eruption = 320 BCE ± 16 years
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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.{{cite gvp|name=Atacazo|vn=352021|access-date=2021-06-29}}
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.{{cite web | url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/quito/momentos-tristes-del-aeropuerto-mariscal.html | title=Los momentos tristes del aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre }}{{cite web | url=https://airlinercafe.com/forums/topic/lost-schemes-294-area-ecuador-dc-7c-1968/ | title=Lost Schemes: #294 AREA-Ecuador DC-7C (1968) – Airlinercafe }} The crash, {{convert|16|km|mi}} south of Quito and 150 meters to the summit of the Atacazo, killed all the 37 occupants of the plane.{{cite web | url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19601107-0 | title=Accident Fairchild F-27A HC-ADV, Monday 7 November 1960 }} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/quito/momentos-tristes-del-aeropuerto-mariscal.html | title=Los momentos tristes del aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre }}{{cite web | url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19601107-0 | title=Accident Fairchild F-27A HC-ADV, Monday 7 November 1960 }}
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See also
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