 Aftermath of the disaster | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 October 1992 |
| Summary | Crashed following dual engine separation and loss of control |
| Site | Amsterdam-Zuidoost Near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands 52°19′8″N 4°58′30″E / 52.31889°N 4.97500°E |
| Total fatalities | 47 |
| Total injuries | 26 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 747-258F |
| Operator | El Al |
| IATA flight No. | LY1862 |
| ICAO flight No. | ELY1862 |
| Call sign | ELAL 1862 |
| Registration | 4X-AXG |
| Flight origin | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, United States |
| Stopover | Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands |
| Destination | Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Passengers | 1 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 43 |
| Ground injuries | 26 (11 serious, 15 minor) |
On 4 October 1992, El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the Israeli airline El Al, crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The accident is known in Dutch as the Bijlmerramp (Bijlmer disaster).
Forty-seven[1] people were killed, including all 4 on board and 43[2] on the ground.[3]: 9 [4] Eleven people were seriously injured and 15 received minor injuries.[3][4][5] The exact number killed on the ground is uncertain, as the building housed many unregistered residents.[6] The accident is the deadliest aviation disaster to have occurred in the Netherlands.[4]
- ^ "Crash of a Boeing 747-258F in Amsterdam: 47 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Crash of a Boeing 747-258F in Amsterdam: 47 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Aircraft accident report 92-11 : El Al Flight 1862 Boeing 747-258F 4X-AXG Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam 4 October 1992" (PDF). Nederlands Aviation Safety Board. 24 February 1994. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.
- ^ a b c Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ "Two engines separate from the right wing and result in loss of control and crash of Boeing 747 freighter" (PDF). flightsafety.org. Flight Safety Foundation.
- ^ "20 jaar Bijlmerramp" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS). 4 October 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2015.