El Al Flight 1862

El Al Flight 1862

Aftermath of the disaster
Accident summary
Date	4 October 1992
Summary	Engine detachment due to metal fatigue and loss of control
Site	Amsterdam-Zuidoost
Passengers	1
Crew	3
Fatalities	43 (all 4 on board, 39 on ground)
Injuries (non-fatal)	26 (11 serious, 15 minor, all on ground)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Boeing 747-258F/SCD
Operator	El Al
Registration	4X-AXG
Flight origin	John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, USA
Stopover	Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands
Destination	Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Coordinates: 52°19′8″N 4°58′30″E / 52.31889°N 4.97500°E / 52.31889; 4.97500

On 4 October 1992, El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft of the state-owned Israeli airline El Al, crashed into the Groeneveen and Klein-Kruitberg flats in the Bijlmermeer (colloquially "Bijlmer") neighbourhood (part of Amsterdam-Zuidoost) of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From the location in the Bijlmermeer, the crash is known in Dutch as the Bijlmerramp (Bijlmer disaster).

A total of 43 people were officially reported killed, including the aircraft's three crew members, a non-revenue passenger in a jump seat, and 39 people on the ground. In addition to these fatalities, 11 persons were seriously injured and 15 persons received minor injuries. The exact number of people killed on the ground is in dispute, as the building had a high concentration of illegal immigrants.

On 4 October 1992, the cargo aircraft, a Boeing 747-258F,registration 4X-AXG, travelling from John F. Kennedy International Airport New York to Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel made a stopover at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. During the flight from New York to Schiphol, three issues were noted: fluctuations in the autopilot speed regulation, problems with a radio, and fluctuations in the voltage of the electrical generator on engine number three, the inboard engine on the right wing that would later detach from the aircraft and initiate the accident.