Serious Incident to the Airbus A320 registered N742AV and operated by Avianca on 07/03/2017 near Cali [Investigation led by GRIAA / Colombia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Colombian authorities:

Plane from leticia colombia to cali colombia makes a descent in mountainous area and is activated the gpws the pilot makes evasive maneuver to later land in the city of cali colombia.

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General information
Local date	03/07/2017
Responsible entity	Colombia - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Colombia
Location	Vers AD Cali
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2017-0468

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane
Operator	Colombia - Aerovias Del Continente Americano S.A. (Avianca)
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	N742AV
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	Colombia - SKLT (LET): Leticia/Alfredo Vasquez Cobo
Planned destination	Colombia - SKCL (CLO): Cali/Alfonso Bonilla Aragon,
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	6692
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport

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