Aerosucre

Aerosucre is a cargo airline based in Bogotá, Colombia. It started operations in 1969 and operates scheduled international and domestic cargo services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its home base is El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.[1]

Aerosucre S.A.
IATA ICAO Callsign
6N KRE AEROSUCRE
Founded1969
Operating basesEl Dorado International Airport
Focus citiesBarranquilla, Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Isla de San Andrés, Yopal; San José (Costa Rica), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Lima (Peru), Aruba (Dutch Antilles)
Fleet size5
DestinationsAruba, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, and 9 domestic Colombian destinations
HeadquartersSoledad (Baranquilla), Colombia
Key peopleJorge Solano Recio
Employees118 (2018)

Fleet
A Boeing 727-100F of Aerosucre at Mariscal Sucre International Airport (February 2002)

The Aerosucre fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 22 December 2019):[2] Also refer to airliners.net and jetphotos.com

Aerosucre Fleet
Aircraft In
Service		 Orders Notes
Boeing 737-230/Adv(F) 1 - HK-5026, delivered 11.2013
Boeing 737-2X6C 1 - HK-5192, delivered 10.2017
Boeing 727-2J0/Adv(F) 1 - HK-4504, delivered before 03.2008
Boeing 727-227/Adv(F) 1 - HK-5216, delivered 07.2017
Boeing 727-223/Adv(F) 1 - HK-5239, delivered 09.2017
Total 5 -

Accidents and incidents
  • June 25, 1997 - a 727-100F HK-1717 aircraft crossed the threshold of runway 31L at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, after having aborted takeoff. All occupants were unharmed, but the aircraft was declared a total loss and later dismantled.
  • August 17, 2006 - HK-3985 suffered a failure of the landing gear during its taxiing to runway 31R at El Dorado International Airport in the city of Bogotá, causing damage to its left wing. The aircraft was declared a total loss and was dismantled.
  • November 18, 2006 - an Aerosucre Boeing 727 on a cargo flight from Bogotá to Leticia crashed on approach to Leticia when it hit a 150-foot television antenna. The three crew members and two passengers were killed.[3]
  • February 12, 2011 - an Aerosucre Boeing 727 carrying cargo from Yopal to Mitú had a hydraulic failure while flying over Bogotá. The plane landed safely at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, and no one was injured.[4]
  • December 20, 2016 - Aerosucre Flight 157 , Boeing 727 crashed after take-off from Germán Olano Airport in Puerto Carreño after overrunning the runway, hitting the fence, eventually becoming airborne, climbing out, but crashed attempting to return for an emergency landing. 5 crew members died, and 1 crew member had several injuries.[5][6]

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. March 27, 2007. p. 50.
  2. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 12.
  3. "Aerosucre Colombia Boeing 727-23F plane crash Leticia, Colombia 18th November, 2006". 1001crash.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  4. "Incident: Aerosucre B722 near Bogota on Feb 12th 2011, hydraulic failure". The Aviation Herald. February 13, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  5. "Crash: Aerosucre B722 at Puerto Carreno on Dec 20th 2016, overran runway on takeoff". AeroInside. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  6. "Vídeo: el momento en el que el avión de Aerosucre se estrella".

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