Date: 25 January 1990
Airline: Avianca
Flight No.: 52
Aircraft: B707
Location: Cove Neck, NY
Fatalities: 73:158
Photographer: Peter Haas
The aircraft crashed due to fuel
exhaustion while attempting its third approach to land at John F. Kennedy
Airport. The crew never declared a fuel emergency, and thus were vectored
over Long Island before beginning their third approach in low visibility
conditions.
