| Date: | Thursday 22 April 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 720-022 |
| Owner/operator: | US Global of Florida |
| Registration: | N37777 |
| MSN: | 18044/178 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3C-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Barranquilla-Soledad Airport (BAQ) -
 Colombia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| Barranquilla-Soledad Airport (BAQ/SKBQ) |
The aircraft crashed while approaching Barranquilla runway 04. The pilot had asked the controller to increase the intensity of the runway lights. The Boeing 720 carried a cargo of 19 tonnes of flowers.
Sources:
Aviation News 14.05.1976
Images:
photo (c) Curtis Hulslander; Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA)
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