El Al Flight 1862
Aftermath of the disaster | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 October 1992 |
| Summary | Crashed following dual engine separation and loss of control |
| Site | Amsterdam-Zuidoost Near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands 52°19′8″N 4°58′30″E / 52.31889°N 4.97500°E |
| Total fatalities | 47 |
| Total injuries | 26 |
| Aircraft | |
| 4X-AXG, the aircraft involved seen at Los Angeles International Airport on 23 August 1992, six weeks before the accident | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-258F |
| Operator | El Al |
| IATA flight No. | LY1862 |
| ICAO flight No. | ELY1862 |
| Call sign | ELAL 1862 |
| Registration | 4X-AXG |
| Flight origin | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States |
| Stopover | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands |
| Destination | Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Passengers | 1 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 43 (unconfirmed) |
| Ground injuries | 26 (11 serious, 15 minor) |
On 4 October 1992, El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the Israeli airline El Al, crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The accident is known in Dutch as the Bijlmerramp (Bijlmer disaster).
Forty-seven people are known to have been killed, including all 4 on board and 43 on the ground.: 9 The exact number killed on the ground is uncertain, as the building housed many unregistered residents. Eleven people were seriously injured and 15 received minor injuries. The accident is the deadliest aviation disaster to have occurred in the Netherlands.