Boeing 727-200 HCBRI

20 April 1998 · Bogota, Colombia · Fatal

Summary

On 20 April 1998 at about 21:45 local time, a Boeing 727-200 registered HCBRI, operated by Tame Airlines, was involved in an accident near Bogota, Colombia. 52 people were on board and 52 died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 April 1998 at 21:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
Registration: HCBRI
Operator: Tame Airlines
Operating rule: Part 129: Foreign
Purpose of flight: Unknown
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Not recorded
NTSB number: DCA98RA036

People

52 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
52	52	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Where

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4.6097, -74.0818
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Bogota, Colombia, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record DCA98RA036, from the public aviation accident database.

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Also in

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