2008/07/10

BOGOTA Columbia Crash




What: 747-200 cargo plane
Where: near Bogota
When: Monday
Who: 8 crew members survived, 3 fatalities, including a 14 year old boy sleeping in the house where the plane crashed
Why: a fire in one of the plane's jet engines

Update

  • one member of the American crew remains in critical condition
  • Joseph Kendall is under observation with a head injury and has had his spleen removed
  • three other crew members remain hospitalized
  • Steve Szynkowski had spinal surgery
  • four crew members have been treated and released
  • This is the 2nd Boeing 747 operated by Kalitta Air to crash in six weeks.

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