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1989 Aerosucre accident near Barranquilla

26 Apr 1989 · Barranquilla, Colombia

Sud Aviation Caravelle 11R · An aviation accident of Aerosucre Colombia near Barranquilla occurred on 26 April 1989

From Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to El Dorado International Airport (BOG)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
7 · all aircraft and ground (occupants minus survivors)
Ground fatalities
2
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Sud Aviation Caravelle 11R

Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
HK-3325X
Operator
Aerosucre
Onboard fatalities
5 (occupants minus survivors)
Route
From Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)To El Dorado International Airport (BOG)

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

An aviation accident of Aerosucre Colombia near Barranquilla occurred on 26 April 1989. A Sud Aviation Caravelle 11R of the Colombian cargo airline Aerosucre crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff from Barranquilla Airport. 7 people were killed in the accident.

Accident sequence

Shortly after the aircraft took off, the cargo shifted. As a result, the aircraft's centre of gravity shifted. The angle of attack increased and a stall occurred. The pilots lost control of the aircraft, and the Caravelle crashed into a residential area. The five people on board and two people in the residential area were killed.

It is the most serious incident of Aerosucre.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the German Wikipedia article “Flugunfall der Aerosucre bei Barranquilla 1989” (revision 258179440, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

German Wikipedia article: Flugunfall der Aerosucre bei Barranquilla 1989
Article
Flugunfall der Aerosucre bei Barranquilla 1989
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
258179440 · 2025-07-21 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q65235349
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
de Wikipedia article "Flugunfall der Aerosucre bei Barranquilla 1989" (page 10754656, revision 258179440), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator is an airline according to Wikidata
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities plus ground fatalities (aircraft occupants minus survivors)
Ground fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (2)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the German Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.
  • The Wikipedia infobox's fatality count includes the ground fatalities (its survivors account for everyone else aboard); those aboard who died are that count minus the ground fatalities.