The crash was the first U.S. owned 757 accident and the highest death toll of any accident in Colombia. It is also the highest death toll of any accident involving a Boeing 757 at that time.
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It was surpassed by Birgenair Flight 301 which crashed in 1996 with 189 fatalities. Flight 965 was the deadliest air disaster involving a U.S. carrier since the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988.[2] Five passengers survived the crash, all of whom were seated within 2 rows of each other, but one died 2 days later of his injuries.[3]