Air France Flight 422
The aircraft involved in the accident while still in service with Lufthansa | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20 April 1998 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) due to pilot error aggravated by inclement weather |
| Site | near El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia 4°38′00″N 74°03′00″W / 4.63333°N 74.05000°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-230 |
| Operator | TAME on behalf of Air France |
| IATA flight No. | AF422 |
| ICAO flight No. | AFR422 |
| Call sign | AIRFRANS 422 |
| Registration | HC-BSU |
| Flight origin | El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Destination | Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito, Ecuador |
| Occupants | 53 |
| Passengers | 43 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 53 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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.