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The Plane that Couldn't Land - Avianca 052

January, 1990. It’s a hectic evening at New York’s JFK airport. Storms are closing in, and controllers are scrambling to land ...
CBS News

Survivors of Avianca Flight 052 crash on Long Island speak out 35 years later

COVE NECK, N.Y. — Saturday marks 35 years since Avianca Flight 052 crashed on Long Island after it ran out of fuel while circling to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The tragedy struck ...
Newsday

Avianca airline crash in Cove Neck: Legacy endures after 35 years

Thirty-five years after Avianca Airlines Flight 52 from Colombia exhausted its fuel and crashed on the North Shore of Long Island, killing 73 of 158 people aboard, the disaster’s legacy endures. It ...
Newsday

Photos: The 1990 Avianca plane crash on Long Island

See photos of what happened after Avianca Airlines Flight 52 crashed on the North Shore of Long Island, killing 73 of 158 people aboard thirty-five years ago. Credit: Newsday/Dick Kraus An overall ...
The New York Times

The Plane Crash Should Have Killed Her. Sometimes She Wishes It Had.

In 1990, Avianca Flight 52 crashed in suburban Long Island and a 17-year-old girl was pulled from the wreckage. Survival has been its own ordeal. By Christopher Maag Astrid López rolled her wheelchair ...
The New York Times

35 Years Later, a Survivor With Scars Both Seen and Unseen

She escaped death in a devastating aviation accident in 1990. Decades later, as she tried to recover her memories, a reporter struggled to piece together her story, too. By Christopher Maag Times ...