On 5 February 1960, a Douglas DC-4 passenger aircraft of Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano on a domestic flight from Cochabamba to La Paz, Bolivia, crashed shortly after take-off. All 59 people on board were killed.
Five minutes after taking off from Cochabamba's Jorge Wilstermann Airport, one of the plane's four engines reportedly caught fire. The aircraft subsequently crashed into a lagoon in the Andes, some 20 miles from the city of Cochabamba. It was the worst aviation accident in Bolivia's history at the time. The pilot was one of the airline's most experienced aviators, especially over the mountains of Bolivia.
Out of the 59 onboard, one child survived the initial crash, but died due to their injuries while being taken to a hospital by rescuers. Among the passengers were four families.
The airline canceled all flights the day of the crash for mourning. The accident was blamed on a technical defect.