Lomapaseo - After reviewing several local newspaper and tv reports, I put it about 6 to 7 km WNW of your estimate, on the Casa Blanca farm (just outside of Madrid - Google Maps has it as La Pincha) between highway 50 and the Hacienda .
The Casa Blanca Hacienda is at 4º43'19.25"N, 74º15'42.91"W
A cab driver eyewitness was fueling at a petrol station and saw the power lines along the highway spark as they were hit just before the plane made contact with the ground. He stated he ran towards the hill (SW) as the plane broke up and caught fire. Enough flames to light up almost the entire 600 hectare farm. Upon reaching the cockpit, he and other farm workers unable to enter through window and desperately tried to break a larger window. They saw crew wearing oxygen masks.
I place the petrol station at 4°43'39.19"N, 74°15'21.29"W
First call to emergency responders received at 04:58. Among first responders were the firefighters of the nearby Maintenance Air Command of the Colombian Air Force, including a female member who was able to enter the open window to initiate an evacuation - one that took 1.5 hours total.
Front section of aircraft ended up 50m beyond and to the East of the rest of the wreckage.
Flight originated in Brasil with a load that included mobile phones, fabric, refrigerator parts and a VW. Stopped in Bogota to pick up the flowers and upload fuel.
Latest news reports are heralding the expertise of the crew for avoiding what could have been a catastrophic loss of life (Madrid has 70.000 residents).
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Last edited by Machaca; 11th July 2008 at 09:38.
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