Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Torrijos ya mutu yana da shekaru 52 lokacin da jirginsa, DeHavilland Twin Otter (DHC-6), wanda aka yi rajista a matsayin FAP-205 na Sojan Sama na Panama, ya fadi a Cerro Marta, a Coclesito, kusa da Penonomé, Panama a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1981. Jirgin ya ɓace daga radar a lokacin hasken rana, amma saboda iyakancewar yanayin radar na Panama a lokacin, ba a ba da rahoton jirgin ba kusan kusan rana. An gano wurin da jirgin ya fadi kwanaki da yawa daga baya, kuma ƙungiyar Sojoji na Musamman ta dawo da gawar Torrijos a cikin 'yan kwanakin farko na watan Agusta. Mataimakansa hudu da matukan jirgi biyu suma sun mutu a hadarin. Mutuwarsa ta haifar da zaman makoki a duk fadin kasar, musamman a yankunan da ba su da talauci. Bayan babban jana'izar jihar, an binne gawar Torrijos a wani makabartar da ke Casco Viejo (Tsohon Garin Panama), kafin a kai shi wani kabari a tsohuwar Yankin Canal a Fort Amador
kusa da birnin Panama. Ya gaje shi a matsayin kwamandan Tsaro na Kasa da kuma "de facto" shugaban Panama ta Florencio Flores ("de jure" ya kasance shugaban soja, duk da haka "de facto" bai taɓa yin amfani da iko a matsayin ɗaya ba,) wanda daga baya ya ba da hanya ga Rubén Darío Paredes. Wurin da jirgin ya fadi yanzu ya zama wurin shakatawa na kasa kuma gidansa a Coclesito yanzu ya zama gidan kayan gargajiya.