Crash Landing Aires Boeing 737-800 San Andres Island, Columbia.

August 16, 2010 by Marcel Van Leeuwen

At least one person died and five more are injured after a Boeing 737 crashed onto the runway at 1:49 a.m. local time today on San Andres Island. The jet, carrying 131 people, broke into three pieces. The Aires flight departed Bogoto around midnight and, according to Colombian Air Force Colonel David Barrero, officials are investigating reports - the aircraft experienced a lightning strike. San Andres Island’s airport has closed its 7,545-foot runway until the wreckage can be removed. Barrero commented that the skill of the pilot kept the airliner from colliding with the airport. The landing occurred during a storm.

(Taken from Wikinews.org)

GLOSSARY

Crewmembers – membros da tripulação

Wreckage – destroços