Paninternational Flight 112

Paninternational Flight 112

D-ALAR, the BAC One-Eleven involved, seen nine months before the accident
Accident
Date	6 September 1971
Summary	Dual engine failure due to overheating after accidentally filling the water injection mechanism with jet fuel
Site	Bundesautobahn 7 53°42′10″N 09°56′33″E / 53.70278°N 9.94250°E / 53.70278; 9.94250Coordinates: 53°42′10″N 09°56′33″E / 53.70278°N 9.94250°E / 53.70278; 9.94250
Aircraft
Aircraft type	BAC One-Eleven
Operator	Paninternational
Registration	D-ALAR
Flight origin	Hamburg Airport, Hamburg, Germany
Destination	Málaga Airport, Málaga, Spain
Occupants	121
Passengers	115
Crew	6
Fatalities	22
Injuries	99
Survivors	99

Paninternational Flight 112 was a BAC One-Eleven operated by German airline Paninternational that crashed in Hamburg on 6 September 1971 while attempting to land on an autobahn following the failure of both engines. The accident killed 22 passengers and crew out of 121 on board.

Aircraft[]

The aircraft, registered as D-ALAR, had its first flight the year before the accident.^[1]

Accident[]

Paninternational Flight 112 took off from Hamburg Airport in Hamburg, Germany, on a flight to Málaga Airport in Málaga, Spain, with 115 passengers and six crew on board.^[1] After the take-off, both engines failed and the pilots decided to make an emergency landing on a highway – Bundesautobahn 7 (also part of European route E45)^[2] – about 4.5 km (3 mi; 2 nmi) from Hamburg Airport.^[1] During the landing the aircraft deflected to the left and collided with an overpass and multiple concrete pillars, causing the right wing, cockpit, and T-tail to shear off. The rest of the fuselage broke up and skidded to a halt; subsequently catching fire.^[1] The accident killed twenty-one passengers and one crew member.^[1]

Cause of the crash[]

Subsequent investigation showed that the tank for the water-injection engine thrust-augmentation system (used during take-off) had inadvertently been filled with jet fuel instead of water. Spraying this additional jet fuel into the engines during take-off significantly increased the engine rpm and quickly caused both engines to overheat and fail, resulting in the crash.^{[citation needed]}

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