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The aircraft failed to stop on the runway and plunged into a nearby shallow ravine, coming to rest and bursting into flames approximately 300 metres past the end of the runway. The Airbus A340-300 had 309 people aboard, 297 passengers (two of them infants, without seat) and 12 crew, all of whom survived with only 12 with serious injuries.
English: A Lufthansa operated by Lufthansa CityLine Airbus A340-300 at Tampa Airport, Florida, USA, having arrived from Frankfurt-FRA. Aircraft is registered D-AIGP. Aircraft is registered D-AIGP. Date
The A340-300 Enhanced is the latest version of this model and was first delivered to South African Airways in 2003, with Air Mauritius receiving the A340-300 Enhanced into its fleet in 2006. It received newer CFM56-5C4/P engines and improved avionics and fly-by-wire systems developed for the A340-500 and −600.
The A340 has been the aircraft of choice for some heads of government. - Jens Büttner/picture alliance/dpa/Getty Images. ... “On a long flight from Hong Kong to London on the A340-300, they ...
Launch customer of the A340 alongside Air France [4] A340-300 to be replaced by Boeing 787-9 [5] Five A340-600 returned from long-term storage, later to be replaced by Boeing 777X: Mahan Air: 1 7 7 11 Maleth-Aero: 4 1 Mandarin Airlines: 1 Olympic Airlines: 4 Ceased operations in 2009 Philippine Airlines: 4 13 Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas: 4 2 2 ...
The final Airbus A340-300 left the fleet in April 2019. [106] On 26 June 2019, the airline received its first Boeing 787-9 registered TC-LLA. The aircraft was welcomed at Istanbul Airport with a ceremony attended by Turkish media. [107] The first commercial flight with the type was flown on 8 July to Trabzon Airport. [108]
The A330 and A340 share many common features. The same cockpit is shared between the A330 and A340, however the A340 controls four engines instead of two on the A330. The A330 and A340 share the same wings, nose, tail and horizontal stabilizers. The A340 features an extra bogie of landing gears under the belly to support extra weight.
Several Cathay Pacific aircraft have been painted in the Oneworld livery, the first to commemorate the alliance's 10th anniversary. On 12 March 2009, Cathay Pacific's first Oneworld aircraft, an Airbus A340-300 (B-HXG), was painted in the new, standard Oneworld livery, and was retired in March 2017. A second aircraft, an Airbus A330-300 (B-HLU ...