Boeing 747-200 crash, Jul 7, 2008 (2 killed), Bogotá-El D...
Boeing 747-200 accident on July 7, 2008 near Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia with 2 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft could not...
- Date: July 7, 2008
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-200
- Location: Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The aircraft could not maintain flight after two engines lost power. Engine 4 surged during rotation, with high pressure turbine inefficiency and blade tip clearance contributing, and an undetermined anomaly in engine 1 also reduced power.
A Kalitta Air 747-200 freighter bound for Miami lost power on two engines shortly after takeoff from Bogota El Dorado at night. The crew asked for an immediate return but could not reach the runway, and the aircraft crashed into a farm and an open field. All eight crew were injured, five seriously, and two people on the ground were killed.