PauknAir Flight 4101: Difference between revisions
The airports are already linked to in the article. 965 wasn't lost in the fog, it did strike a mountain. A common type of plane crash occurence. |
Real nice. Slandering the dead pilot for almost 3 years aka since this article was created. Multiple News sources say the pilot wasn't drunk. The 13-year-old editor who wrote the article linked to the report with the right info.<shakes head> |
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|name = PauknAir Flight 4101 |
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|date = {{startdate|1998|09|25|df=yes}} |
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|type = [[CFIT]] |
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|occurrence_type=Accident |
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||Site = [[Boumahfouda]], [[Morocco]] |
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== Causes == |
== Causes == |
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The accident investigation concluded "Given the facts and analysis conducted, the Commission concluded that the accident was caused by a collision with terrain in IMC. This confirms the hypothesis put forward by members of the committee of investigation from the beginning of their investigations, it is a type of CFIT accident (collision with the ground without loss of control) due to a combination of several factors: |
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The main causes were: |
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- Non-application of the arrival procedure, including descending below the minimum safe altitude; |
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* The poor visibility of the area; |
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- Inadequate crew coordination; |
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* A greater than allowable [[blood alcohol level]] of the pilot. |
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Reportedly also affected: |
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* The presence in the cabin of a passenger, which could influence the behavior of male commanders; |
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* A carefree state of the crew to the situation. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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==External links== |
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010511121255/http://elmundo.es/1998/09/26/sociedad/26N0085.html Resumen del accidente] |
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[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Spain]] |
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[[Category:Accidents and incidents involving the British Aerospace 146]] |
[[Category:Accidents and incidents involving the British Aerospace 146]] |
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[[Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain]] |
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[[Category:1998 in Spain]] |
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Revision as of 00:10, 31 March 2012
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| Accident | |
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| Date | 25 September 1998 |
| Summary | CFIT |
| Site | Boumahfouda, Morocco |
| Aircraft type | BAe 146 |
| Operator | PauknAir |
| Registration | EC-GEO |
| Flight origin | Málaga Airport |
| Destination | Melilla Airport |
| Passengers | 34 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 38 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
PauknAir Flight 4101 was a British Aerospace BAe 146 that crashed on a flight from Málaga, Spain to the Spanish North African exclave of Melilla. All 38 passengers and crew on board the aircraft were killed in the accident.
The aircraft
The aircraft made its first flight in 1983 and was the seventh BAe 146 built. PauknAir had been operating the aircraft since it was established and was the second operator of the aircraft since it was built.[1]
Accident
The aircraft took off from runway 14 at Malaga's Pablo Ruiz Picasso Airport at 9:23 AM. On board were 34 passengers and a crew of four. The flight proceeded normally, without any problems and with normal weather conditions for those hours of the morning.
The descent began at 9:41. In the area of Cape Tres Forcas (the headland on which Melilla is situated), low visibility is common, as clouds accumulate between the valleys formed by the steep mountains of the cape. The descent continued in Instrument meteorological conditions. In communications with Air traffic control, the pilot complained of the fog. Some of his last words were: "I see nothing"'.
At 9:49, there were two Terrain awareness and warning system signals in the cockpit of "terrain", which indicates that the aircraft was too low.
Causes
The accident investigation concluded "Given the facts and analysis conducted, the Commission concluded that the accident was caused by a collision with terrain in IMC. This confirms the hypothesis put forward by members of the committee of investigation from the beginning of their investigations, it is a type of CFIT accident (collision with the ground without loss of control) due to a combination of several factors: - Non-application of the arrival procedure, including descending below the minimum safe altitude; - Inadequate crew coordination; - Non-application of company procedures regarding GPWS alarm."[2]
References
- ^ History of BAe 147 c/no. 1007 retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ Informe oficial del accidente