Linea Aeropostal Flight 253 was being operated by a Lockheed L-749 Constellation, registration YV-C-AMA, on an international scheduled passenger service that took off from Idlewild International Airport bound for Caracas International Airport on November 27, 1956. Flight 253, a Super Constellation named "Jose Marti" being piloted by a French Captain named Marcel Combalbert, crashed into a mountain near Caracas Venezuela. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed.

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