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Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá

Air France Flight 422 crashes after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá

1998 aviation accident
🗓️ 20 April 1998

Air France Flight 422 was a scheduled flight on 20 April 1998 by Air France from Bogotá, Colombia, to Quito, Ecuador, covering the final leg of a flight from Paris to Quito. The Boeing 727 was destroyed, killing all 53 people on board, when it crashed into the Eastern Hills of Bogotá because of foggy weather and low visibility after taking off from Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport. The plane was owned by TAME, the Ecuadorian airline, but was being operated on a wet-lease basis to Air France as the final leg of its flight from Paris.

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