From ASN : (Air Safety Network
Status: Preliminary
Quote:
Date: 07 JUL 2008
Time: 03:52
Type: Boeing 747-200F
Operator: Centurion Air Cargo
Registration: N
C/n / msn:
First flight:
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Ground casualties: Fatalities: 2
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: near Bogota (Colombia)
Phase: Climb (ICL)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Shreveport Regional Airport, LA (BOG/SKBO), Colombia
Destination airport: Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA), United States of America
Narrative:
Crashed on a farm shortly after takeoff. The airplane carried a cargo of flowers to Miami (MIA).
Centurion's flights frmo Bogota to Miami are sometimes carried out by Kalitta Air Boeing 747-209BSF N714CK. It has not been confirmed yet if this was the plane involved in the accident.
Sources:
» La Republica
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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