Date:	Wednesday 22 August 1979
Time:	05:40
Type:	Hawker Siddeley HS-748-260 Srs. 2A
Owner/operator:	SATENA
Registration:	FAC-1101
MSN:	1702
Year of manufacture:	1971
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG) -   Colombia
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Illegal Flight
Departure airport:	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO)
Destination airport:	-

Narrative:
The HS-748 was destroyed when it crashed into a Bogotá suburb, shortly after takeoff. The sole person on board was killed, along with three people on the ground. The airplane had been stolen by a 23 year old male who had been fired after working as a mechanic at the airport for two years. He entered a hangar in the early morning, boarding a military HS-748 transport plane. He took off, overflying the Avenida Caracas, heading for the Molinos del Sur area. The airplane crashed near Carrera 15 no. 48-37.

Memorias de un viaje sin regreso (El Espectador, 22-8-2009)

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9 August 1976	FAC-1101	SATENA	0	Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG)		sub
Runway excursion

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