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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. [117] The event was also reported in the German press several days before the Germanwings crash. [118]
EgyptAir Flight 804 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport, operated by EgyptAir.On 19 May 2016 at 02:33 Egypt Standard Time (), the Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, killing all 66 occupants on board.
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.
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T (GXL888T) [1] was an acceptance flight for an Airbus A320 on 27 November 2008. The aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, 7 km (4.3 mi; 3.8 nmi) off Canet-en-Roussillon on the French coast, close to the Spanish border, killing all seven people on board.
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Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A320" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
— Nov. 12, 2022: A P-63 Kingcobra fighter plane collided with a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber at a Dallas air show, killing all six people aboard the two vintage aircraft.