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A SWISS International Air Lines Airbus A330-200 powered by PW4168. As of December 2022, the Airbus A330 had been involved in 47 aviation occurrences, [1] including fourteen hull-loss accidents [2] and two hijackings, for a total of 338 fatalities. [3]
The A330-200 is a shortened, longer-range variant, which entered service in 1998 with Canada 3000. The typical range with 253 passengers in a three-class configuration is 13,400 km (7,240 nmi; 8,330 mi). [106] The A330-200 is ten fuselage frames shorter than the original −300, with a length of 58.82 m (193 ft 0 in).
Another incident on TAM Flight 8091, from Miami to Rio de Janeiro on 21 May 2009, involving an A330-200, showed a sudden drop of outside air temperature, then loss of air data, the ADIRS, autopilot and autothrust. [287] The aircraft descended 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) before being manually recovered using backup instruments.
Air Transat accepted responsibility for the accident and was fined C$250,000 by the Canadian government, which as of 2009 was the largest fine in Canadian history. [9] The conclusions reached in the accident report revealed that:
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A330" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport by an Airbus A330.On 7 October 2008, the flight made an emergency landing at Learmonth Airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia, following an inflight accident that included a pair of sudden, uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that caused severe injuries—including fractures, lacerations ...
The aircraft involved was an Airbus A330-342, registered as B-HLL with serial number 244, fitted with two Rolls-Royce Trent 772-60 engines. It first flew on 4 November 1998 and was delivered to Cathay Pacific three weeks later on 25 November. [3]
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).