An AerCaribe 737-400SF was seriously damaged after it skidded off the runway during landing at the Alfredo V\u00e1squez Cobo International Airport in the city of Leticia, southern Colombia. The aircraft\u2019s undercarriage reportedly failed and collapsed as it ran over soft ground when the freighter overshot the runway.
\nAccording to Colombia\u2019s civil aviation authority, Aeron\u00e1utica Civil, the 27-year-old aircraft, registered HK-5197, sustained significant damage, but none of the four crew on board were injured. The aircraft first flew in 1990 as a passenger aircraft for Australian Airlines, and was converted into a special freighter in 2013.
\nThe accident also follows a Nov. 8, 2016, incident at the Eldorado International Airport in Bogota, where another AerCaribe 737-400F suffered landing-gear strut damage after a hard landing.
\nAerCaribe\u2019s mishaps are not the only cargo carrier accidents to make headlines in Colombia. A series of accidents have damaged the reputation of Aeron\u00e1utica Civil. A 727-200 freighter operated by Aerosucre has crashed shortly after takeoff from the Puerto Carreno airport near the Colombia-Venezuela border.
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