ASL Airlines Hungary Flight 7332
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Accident | |
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Date | 5 August 2016 |
Summary | Runway excursion due to pilot error |
Site | Bergamo Airport, Bergamo, Italy 45°40′18″N 9°41′09″E / 45.6717°N 9.6857°ECoordinates: 45°40′18″N 9°41′09″E / 45.6717°N 9.6857°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-476SF |
Operator | ASL Airlines Hungary (DHL livery) |
IATA flight No. | QY7332 |
ICAO flight No. | BCS7332 |
Call sign | Eurotrans 7332 |
Registration | HA-FAX |
Flight origin | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France |
Destination | Orio al Serio International Airport, Bergamo, Italy |
Occupants | 2 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Survivors | 2 |
ASL Airlines Hungary Flight 7332 was a cargo flight operating for DHL from Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, to Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, Italy. On 5 August 2016, the aircraft overran the runway while landing at Bergamo in poor weather and came to rest on a nearby road.[1][2] The airport was closed for almost three hours after the crash, and flights were rescheduled or rerouted to Malpensa Airport.[2][3] The two-person crew was not injured.[4]
Damages[]
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The plane landed approximately 2000m into the 2900m runway 28, and did not stop until more than 500m beyond the end of the runway.[5] It broke through the airport perimeter fence and rolled onto an active four-lane highway,[3] with some vehicles narrowly escaping a collision[failed verification] and others in the adjacent parking lot being destroyed in the process.[6] The aircraft left a long trail of destruction as it rolled off from the runway.[7]
It sustained substantial damage, losing its CFM56 engines and main landing gear, and fracturing the horizontal stabilizer.[8]
Investigation[]
Italian air investigation agency ANSV began an inquiry into the accident.[8] The CVR and DFDR were retrieved on the day of the accident. A preliminary report was released on 21 September 2016.[9] The final report, released on August 2018,[10] concluded that the accident was mainly caused by the loss of situation awareness of the crew.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Harro Ranter (2016-08-05). "ASN aircraft accident Boeing 737-476SF HA-FAX". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ a b Stephanie Kirchgaessner (2016-08-05). "Plane crashes on to road in Italy after overshooting Bergamo airport runway". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ a b Steve Robson, John Shammas (2016-08-05). "Bergamo plane crash: Incredible escape after plane skids off runway at Italian airport and ends up on ROAD". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2021-02-14.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ Robert Velkey (2016-08-08). "ASL Hungary's Plane Suffers Runway Excursion In Italy". . Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ ANSV preliminary report
- ^ "ASL Hungary B737-400F overran runway onto road at Bergamo". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- ^ David Kaminski-Morrow (2016-08-05). "ASL 737 Overrun Left a Long Trail of Destruction". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ a b David Kaminski-Morrow (2016-08-05). "ASL 737 substantially damaged in Bergamo accident". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "Aeroporto Orio al Serio, B737-400 marche HA-FAX". Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
- ^ Incidente B737 a Bergamo dell’agosto 2016: ANSV ha pubblicato la relazione finale di inchiesta
External links[]
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 2016
- Aviation accidents and incidents in Italy
- 2016 in Italy
- August 2016 events in Europe
- Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Classic