Posts Tagged as ‘off’

July 8, 2008

Kalitta bites the dust… again!

It is sad to watch the latest news about a Kalitta Air 747 that went down right after take-off in Bogota. Reports say that all crew survived the horrific accident, but two people on the ground died. It is said that the 747 crashed down on a farm near the airport after having reported an [...]

May 30, 2008

Another aircraft bites the dust

Officials have been struggling for years to replace aging Toncontin International Airport, whose short runway, primitive navigation equipment and neighboring hills make it one of the world’s more dangerous. How many accidents and people killed do they need for things to start happen? Check out the videos around the airport as well.

landing strips. And now it has happened again, three people are killed, among them the captain of the aircraft. The A320 from TAPA Airlines skidded off the runway of the Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras.

May 25, 2008

747 down at Brussels

A 747-200 cargo from Kalitta Air crashed at the end of a runway and split in two while trying to take off Sunday at Brussels airport. Four of the five crew members on board the Boeing 747 were slightly injured and were hospitalized according to CNN.