Kalitta crash near Bogota

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07-07-2008, 09:52 AM

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stinsonjr

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Originally Posted by mooney

Except that USA jet was in mexico.......they do both speak spanish tho!

Ah...true. sorry -but you are correct...BOTH speak spanish...BOTH are heavy in the drug trade...

I think we should invade Mexico, Central, and South America.

07-07-2008, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Huck

Bogota is at 8800' msl. Many many bad things can happen to you, taking off at that altitude.

Eldorado Intl (SKBO) field elevation is 8360'. Actually, I've been amazed that we haven't had a B747-200 accident there in recent memory. The 747 classics are getting very old are being routinely operated right at the performance limit. 742s being routinely operated out of these high altitude South American airports have the engines just thrashed several times a day.

07-07-2008, 10:18 AM

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JetPiedmont

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Was this engine failure immediatly after take off or was later in the flight as one report indicated?

07-07-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by JetPiedmont

Was this engine failure immediatly after take off or was later in the flight as one report indicated?

Shortly after takeoff, not sure how shortly but the plane crashed in Madrid which is only about 15 miles from the city limits of Bogota. The thin air up here is killer, not to mention surrounded by mountains and always cloudy, all the time.

07-07-2008, 11:04 AM

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CheyDogFlies

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Since these poor guys happened to kill 2 locals in this accident, can we expect to see them in a local jail until the Colombian aviation authority proves them 100% not at fault? This sucks--prayers to the crew's families.