On January 1, 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 (a Boeing 727) struck Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet (6,000 m). The flight took off from Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Asunción, Paraguay and was destined for El Alto International Airport in La Paz, Bolivia. All 19 passengers and 10 crew were killed, including the wife of the US Ambassador to Paraguay, Marian Davis.