Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BOGOTA5142
2006-06-07 22:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bogota
Cable title:
PRIVATE CARGO PLANE ACCIDENT AT RIO NEGRO; NO
how-toVZCZCXYZ0009 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHBO #5142 1582219 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 072219Z JUN 06 FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5757 INFO RUEANHA/FAA WASHDC PRIORITY
UNCLAS BOGOTA 005142
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/TRA AND CA/OCS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR CASC CO
SUBJECT: PRIVATE CARGO PLANE ACCIDENT AT RIO NEGRO; NO
INJURIES, BUT PLANE DAMAGED
(SBU) At approximately 07:03 on June 7, a 747 cargo aircraft,
N922FT, operated by Tradewinds International, a U.S. company
based in North Carolina, was damaged during takeoff when the
number one engine apparently failed. The plane reportedly
skidded off the runway at the Rio Negro airport, Antioquia
Department, outside of the city of Medellin. The five
American citizen crew members on board were not injured.
Their families were notified by Tradewinds International.
Post contacted State Operations Center, the Transportation
Security Administration and local civil aviation authorities,
who had already contacted the National Transportation Safety
Board. Post will continue to monitor developments in the
removal of the aircraft, which is unable to fly at this time.
WOOD