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The medical team from the air-show arrived and began examining the passengers. Ten minutes after the crash, the first of the fire trucks arrived. But because of the forest, only the smaller vehicles were able to reach the wreckage. Apart from the tail section, the aircraft was consumed by fire. [3] Of 136 people on board, three did not escape.
The Alpha Protection activated, forcing the aircraft to pitch down, which required the pilots to continually use more than 50% of full stick input to correct. The crew disconnected the related Air Data Units and were able to recover the aircraft. [116] The event was also reported in the German press several days before the Germanwings crash. [117]
On 26 June 1988, Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield was the site of the crash of Air France Flight 296Q.It was the first ever crash of an Airbus A320 type aircraft. As part of an airshow, the aircraft crew were briefed to do a low flypast of the airfield, which they did, but throttled up too late to avoid a forest at the end of the runway.
December 5 – Palm Desert, California – All four occupants of a twin engine Beechcraft Bonanza were killed after the tail section of their aircraft was sheared off in a mid-air collision with a single engine Beechcraft during an air show. The single engine Beechcraft crash landed killing one occupant, severely injuring another and left a ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A320" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
San Francisco International Airport Terminal 2 security camera video of the July 7, 2017, Air Canada taxiway overflight – via YouTube. Simon Hradecky (October 12, 2018). "Incident: Canada A320 at San Francisco on Jul 7th 2017, lined up with taxiway for landing". Aviation Herald. Richard N. Aarons (November 26, 2018).
August 16 — A pilot was killed when his Fouga Magister crashed into the Mediterranean sea during an airshow in Lavandou, southern France. [1]July 12 — A military pilot was killed when his M-346 Bielik crashed into the ground during rehearsal for the Gdynia Naval Aviation Brigade's 30th Anniversary event in Gdynia, Poland.
On 26 June 1988, Air France Flight 296Q fails to climb and crashes into trees after performing a flyby during an airshow at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, killing three people. The cause of the crash is disputed: the investigation blamed the pilot, but the captain himself claims that the cause was a problem with the fly-by-wire computer.