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'''SACO''', ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[acronym]]: ''Servicio Aéreo Colombiano'') was a [[Colombia]]n [[airline]]. SACO changed its name to [[Avianca]] which still operates to this day.
'''SACO''', ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[acronym]]: ''Servicio Aéreo Colombiano'') was a [[Colombia]]n [[airline]]. SACO changed its name to [[Avianca]] which still operates to this day.


On [[24 June]] [[1935]], a Ford Trimotor of the Columbian Air Service (''Servicio Aéreo Colombiano'', or SACO) crashed with another Ford Trimotor of the Colombo-German Air Transport Society (''Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo'', or [[SCADTA]]) in [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]. Fifteen people were killed including the world's most famous tango singer [[Carlos Gardel]].
On [[24 June]] [[1935]], a Ford Trimotor of the Columbian Air Service (''Servicio Aéreo Colombiano'', or SACO) crashed with another Ford Trimotor of the Colombo-German Air Transport Society (''Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo'', or [[SCADTA]]) in [[Medellín]], [[Colombia]]. Fifteen people were killed including the world famous tango singer [[Carlos Gardel]].


{{Avianca|SACO, Servicio Aéreo Colombiano}}
{{Avianca|SACO, Servicio Aéreo Colombiano}}

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SACO
Servicio Aéreo Colombiano
IATA ICAO Callsign
SACO
Fleet sizeSee Avianca
DestinationsSee Avianca
Parent companySACO
HeadquartersColombia Bogotá, Colombia
Websitewww.avianca.com

SACO, (Spanish acronym: Servicio Aéreo Colombiano) was a Colombian airline. SACO changed its name to Avianca which still operates to this day.

On 24 June 1935, a Ford Trimotor of the Columbian Air Service (Servicio Aéreo Colombiano, or SACO) crashed with another Ford Trimotor of the Colombo-German Air Transport Society (Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo, or SCADTA) in Medellín, Colombia. Fifteen people were killed including the world famous tango singer Carlos Gardel.