The World - News from July 26, 1985
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Pilots of the Colombian airline, Avianca, ended their strike a day after an air force plane carrying civilian passengers crashed in a jungle, killing all 74 aboard. The 350 striking pilots agreed to a 20% salary increase now and 22% next year, the carrier said. The Colombian air force had been flying Avianca domestic routes during the strike, and Wednesday one of its 40-year-old DC-6s crashed in the jungle after taking off from the Amazon port of Leticia.
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