What the records say
- When
- 20 Apr 1998
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 4.63° N, 74.05° W
- Description
- 1998 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 53
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Air France Flight 422
1998 aviation accident
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.
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