Colombia confirms three ground fatalities after Kalitta 747 crash
A spokeswoman for Aerocivil, Colombia’s Civil Aviation Authority, has confirmed to Flight’s affiliate ATI the aircraft involved in a crash near Bogota on 7 July was a Boeing 747-200 operated by US-based Kalitta Air.
The aircraft, registered as N-714CK, was transporting flowers on behalf of Centurion Air Cargo from Bogota to Miami. The pilot in command of the aircraft at the moment of the accident has been identified as Captain Brian Beebe, a US national.
The cause of the accident remains unclear, but Aerocivil confirms that Beebe reported to ATC an engine fire immediately aft
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