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AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia, Colombia, killing two people.
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AIRES Flight 8250
2010 aviation accident in Colombia
AIRES Flight 8250 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that on 16 August 2010 crashed on landing at night in poor weather on the Colombian island of San Andrés, killing two of the 131 people on board. The aircraft, an AIRES-operated Boeing 737-700, was arriving from the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport
Airport in San Andrés, Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Gustavo Rojas Pinilla is the main airport in the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, one of the departments of Colombia. It is able to receive large aircraft and to accommodate…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia
City and municipality in Insular Region, Colombia
San Andrés is the largest city and capital of the Colombian department of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. Covering a land area of 27.586 km2 (10.651 sq mi), it had a population of 55,426 in 2005. Its economy is driven mainly by tourism, fishing, and agriculture. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 16
Day of the year
August 16 is the 228th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)