Avianca Flight 052 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, to JFK in Queens, New York, with an intermediate stop at José María Córdova International Airport near Medellín, Colombia.

Jan 25, 1990 · Avianca Airlines Flight 052, a Boeing 707-321B, was a scheduled international flight from Bogota, Colombia, to John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport, New York. Poor weather conditions in the Northeast of the US led to the flight being put into holding three times for a total of 1 hour and 17 minutes.

Avianca Flight 52 was a scheduled flight from Bogotá to New York City. On January 25, 1990, the Boeing 707 ( registered HK-2016) flying the route crashed after running out of fuel, killing 65 passengers and 8 crew members.

Jan 28, 2010 · Much has changed since Avianca Flight 52 ran out of fuel and crash-landed onto a wooded Cove Neck hillside, claiming 73 lives, 20 years ago this week. Or nothing at all has changed, depending on...

Jan 25, 2025 · COVE NECK, N.Y. — Saturday marks 35 years since Avianca Flight 052 crashed on Long Island after it ran out of fuel while circling to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The tragedy...

Avianca flight 052, a Boeing 707-300, crashed after running out of fuel while on approach to New York-John F. Kennedy Airport, NY, USA, killing 73 occupants; 85 survived the accident. Av...

On board Avianca Flight 52 were 149 passengers and nine crew members. The travelers had been shown a Sean Connery movie and eaten their in-flight meal (chicken in coach and trout in first class, the New York Times reported). They had no idea that the plane was out of fuel.

Feb 5, 1990 · Based on interviews with the investigators, surviving passengers and airline pilots in Colombia and other knowledgeable people, here is the chronology of Avianca Flight 52. The 23-year-old Boeing...

Jan 25, 2016 · The jet, Avianca Airlines Flight 52, did not explode but split into at four pieces when it slammed into the deck of a house in the affluent village of Cove Neck, in Oyster Bay Township.

4 days ago · Avianca Flight 52 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bogotá to New York via Medellín, Colombia. On Thursday, January 25, 1990, a Boeing 707-321B registered as HK-2016 operating this flight, ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport, resulting in the aircraft crashing into the small village of Cove Neck, New York ...