Back خطوط إل عال الرحلة 1862 Arabic Vol 1862 d'El Al Catalan Let El Al 1862 Czech El-Al-Flug 1862 German Vuelo 1862 de El Al Spanish El Ali lend 1862 Estonian El Alin lento 1862 Finnish Vol El Al 1862 French Voo 1862 de El Al Galician אסון ביילמר HE
 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 | 43 |
| 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 | 39 |
| 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 crash is known in Dutch as the Bijlmerramp (Bijlmer disaster).
43[1] people were killed, including all four on board and 39[2] on the ground.[3]: 9 [4] 11 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 crash 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.