Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634
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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 January 1993 |
| Summary | Crashed short of runway |
| Site | Near Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 |
| Operator | Contact Air for Lufthansa CityLine |
| Registration | D-BEAT |
| Flight origin | Bremen Airport, Germany |
| Destination | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France |
| Occupants | 23 |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Injuries | 19 |
| Survivors | 19 |
On 6 January 1993, Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634 departed Bremen Airport for Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport at 17:30. Operating the flight was a Dash 8-311,[1] with 23 passengers and crew.
When Flight 5634 was nearing Paris, a Korean Air Boeing 747 scraped an engine pod on landing, causing air traffic controllers to close the runway briefly. The pilots were notified to change course to another runway. While in clouds and heavy fog on short final, the airliner entered a high sink rate and crashed into the ground tail-first. The aircraft broke into two, but there was no fire. The crash killed 4 passengers and 19 further were injured in the accident.
Aircraft
[edit]The aircraft involved was a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-311, MSN 210, registered as D-BEAT, that was built by de Havilland Canada in 1990. It logged 5973 airframe hours and was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 engines.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "D-BEAT Lufthansa CityLine De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 Dash 8 - cn 210". www.planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 D-BEAT, Wednesday 6 January 1993". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
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- Preliminary Accident Report- Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (in French) ( Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine)
- ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 D-BEAT Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG):
- Image of accident site – Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
49°00′07″N 2°37′03″E / 49.00194°N 2.61750°E
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