Monday, March 1, 2010

"The Avianca Flight 52 accident"

"I was totally dis hearted, when I saw the show on The Avianca Flight 52 accident on a popular channel. Avianca Flight 52 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bogotá to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport via Medellín, Colombia's José María Córdova International Airport."

"On Thursday, January 25, 1990, the aircraft performing this flight, the Boeing 707-321B registered as HK-2016, crashed into the village of Cove Neck, Long Island, New York after running out of fuel. 8 of 9 crew members and 65 of 149 passengers on board were killed."


Accident summary

Date: January 25, 1990
Type: Fuel exhaustion and pilot error
Site: Cove Neck, New York
Passengers: 149
Crew: 9
Injuries: 85
Fatalities: 73
Survivors: 85
Operator: Avianca
Flight origin: El Dorado International Airport
Stopover: José María Córdova International Airport
Destination: John F. Kennedy International Airport

Source - wikipedia

for more info visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca_Flight_52

"May such accidents never ever happen again."

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