Flight 980

On January 1, 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 took off from Asunción, Paraguay to Miami, Florida, United States. The Boeing 727 jetliner operating the flight was scheduled to stop at the El Alto Airport near La Paz, Bolivia on their way. Unfortunately, the flight never landed in Bolivia as it crashed at an altitude of 19,600 feet (6,000 m) on the Mount Illimani. All the 29 people on the plane died.