Boeing 737-700 crash, Aug 16, 2010 (2 killed), San Andrés...
Boeing 737-700 accident on August 16, 2010 near San Andrés-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina, Colombia with 2 fatalities....
- Date: August 16, 2010
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-700
- Location: San Andrés-Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, San Andrés, Providencia & Santa Catalina, Colombia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft flew below the proper approach angle because the crew misjudged their height in heavy rain on a dark approach. A black-hole visual illusion created by bright lights around a low-contrast runway contributed, and the crew did not go around in time.
An Aires Boeing 737-700 on a night scheduled service from Bogota to San Andres landed in heavy rain with 4 km visibility. It struck the ground about 49 metres short of the runway, breaking the undercarriage and engines away and splitting the fuselage into three sections. Two passengers died and 129 other occupants were injured, nine of them seriously.