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As they flew toward Cali, the pilots lost track of where they were and made critical mistakes in their navigation. The aircraft was set on a collision course with the mountainous terrain surrounding the airport. When the terrain proximity warning alarms sounded, indicating impending danger, the pilots hurriedly attempted to regain altitude, but the aircraft had descended too rapidly and was moving too close to the rising mountains.
The horrific outcome was swift. On December 20, 1995, the plane collided with the El Lluvioso mountain, breaking apart on impact and killing nearly everyone aboard—the crash resulted in the deaths of 159 individuals, marking it as one of the worst aviation disasters in history.