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The crash coincided with the Air New Zealand Shell Open, a golf tournament sponsored by Air New Zealand. CEO Morrie Davis was playing the pro-am when he first heard word that the plane was "lost." Air New Zealand thought about cancelling the tournament but decided against it. [69]
At 14:28 the aircraft had descended to 3000 feet and the pilots deployed the flaps. The aircraft's speed was 165 knots, and increased to 211 knots; 2 minutes 14 seconds later the aircraft crashed into the harbour killing two, the captain and a passenger.
The aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near Canet-en-Roussillon on the French coast. The aircraft was an Air New Zealand-owned Airbus A320 leased to XL Airways Germany registered D-AXLA (formerly ZK-OJL), and was undertaking a technical flight immediately prior to a scheduled handover back to Air New Zealand. At the time of the ...
The Western crash, however, was due to low visibility and an attempt to land on a closed runway, [39] [40] [41] through, reportedly, confusion of its crew. [42] The loss of Air New Zealand Flight 901 on November 28, 1979, which killed 257 people, added to the DC-10's negative reputation. [29]
Air New Zealand Flight 4374; ... 1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash; I. 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes; L. Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527; M. Manises UFO incident; Mount ...
Western Airlines Flight 2605, nicknamed the "Night Owl", [2] was an international scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico.On October 31, 1979, at 5:42 a.m. CST (UTC−06:00), the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 used on the flight crashed at Mexico City International Airport in fog after landing on a runway that was closed for maintenance.
The pilots tried to make their way back to the airport but failed. The plane crashed and burst into flames, killing all 19 people on board. Wreckage of Nepal Airlines Flight 183 Wreckage of Nepal Airlines Flight 555. Nepal Airlines Flight 555 – On 16 May 2013, a Nepal Airlines DHC-6 overran the runway at Jomsom Airport with 21 passengers on ...
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in New Zealand (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in New Zealand" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.