Posted on 07/08/2008 4:27:45 AM PDT by Coffee200am
TWO children and an adult have died after a Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed into their home.
The US plane came down after reporting an engine fire, but all eight people on board survived.
The three who died lived in a farmhouse that was struck by one of the plane's turbines, witnesses told local radio.
The cargo plane was taking flowers from Bogota, Colombia, to Miami when it crashed shortly after take-off.
The Boeing 747, owned by Michigan-based company Kalitta Air, fell on the rural home 20km west of Bogota.
Colombia's civil aeronautics agency said: "As a result of the accident, three people - residents of a house that the aircraft hit - died."
The plane's eight crew members survived and were taken to a hospital in the town of Madrid.
Four of them were out of danger while the rest were being treated for serious injuries, police said.
The plane had taken off from Bogota's El Dorado airport before it crashed and burst into flames.
"The plane crashed when it was trying to return to Bogota after reporting a fire in one engine," said Donald Tascon, a top official with Civil Aviation.
Civil Aviation said the plane was owned by Kalitta Air and "operated in Colombia by the company Centurion", also from the US.
Kalitta Air spokesman Pete Sinderland confirmed the company owned the plane.
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Whats the deal, is this the second Kalitta jet to crash?
KALITTA AIR!!!!!!!!!!! Two 747’s in 2 Months!
Very Serious, something sure is wrong and they should be banned from the air until a full investigation is complete!
They totaled another 747 at Brussels in May.
Sounds like they view insurance as a substitute for maintenance.
Not only that, but this is the family of Scott Kalitta, the drag racer killed a few weeks ago.
I am utterly amazed at how many pilots I've met over the years who do this very thing. A lot of pilots, and particularly glider pilots of the competition variety, think that insurance is the cure for poor piloting skills, too.....
Dreadful. RIP.
One is too many, but accidents can happen!
Two with the same air carrier in two months!
Unfortunately You may be right. Its a terrible thing
to consider, but a horrible way to liquidate a business.
How many more 747’s do they own?
They had 15.. now 13, including 747-100, 747-200 and a few 747-200 nose loaders
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