Air Canada Flight 624
| Air Canada Flight 624 | |
|---|---|
 Picture of the crashed A320 from April 2008 |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Missing out (landing in front of the runway) |
| place | Halifax Stanfield International Airport , Canada |
| date | March 29, 2015 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 138 (all) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-211 |
| operator | Air Canada |
| Mark | C-FTJP |
| Departure airport | Toronto Pearson International Airport , Toronto , Canada |
| Destination airport | Halifax Stanfield International Airport , Canada |
| Passengers | 133 |
| crew | 5 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On March 29, 2015, an Airbus A320 crashed on Air Canada flight 624 ( IATA designation : AC624 , ICAO designation : ACA624 ) from Toronto to Halifax . The Air Canada aircraft touched down in front of the runway threshold of Halifax Airport in heavy snowdrifts and poor visibility . All 138 inmates survived the incident, 23 of whom suffered minor injuries. The aircraft was written off as a total loss.
plane
The Airbus A320-211 with the aircraft registration C-FTJP (build number: 214) had its maiden flight in July 1991 and was delivered to the leasing company GECAS . Air Canada has been using the leased aircraft since October 1991.
Flight history
The Airbus A320 took off from Toronto on Saturday evening (local time). On arrival in Halifax on Sunday morning, visibility was poor on the approach, the pilots could hardly see the airport runway and the aircraft touched down 335 meters from the runway. Due to the insufficient altitude on the approach, the aircraft touched an antenna group with the landing gear and then cut through a power line that was used to power the airport. The heavily damaged landing gear resulted in a hard landing , and many other parts of the aircraft were damaged.
Passengers and crew members
There were 133 passengers and 5 crew members on board, all of whom survived the incident. 23 of the 138 inmates were hospitalized, 18 were released after a short time. There were no serious injuries.
Investigations
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is responsible for investigating the accident.
Since Air Canada sees Airbus as being responsible for the incident, the company sued the European aircraft manufacturer on April 3, 2017; According to Air Canada, the latter did not provide precise information in advance about when pilots should intervene in the event of a deviation from the planned flight path.
See also
Web links
- Information from TSB (English)
- Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Flight information and history for the aircraft of the web service Flightradar24 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bad awakening. In: aero.de. March 30, 2015, accessed March 30, 2015 .
- ↑ No casualties in crash landing in Halifax. In: aero.de. March 30, 2015, accessed March 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Bad weather conditions. In: stern.de. March 29, 2015, archived from the original on March 30, 2015 ; accessed on March 29, 2015 .
- ↑ All occupants survived the crash landing. In: handelsblatt.com. March 29, 2015, accessed March 29, 2015 .
- ↑ C-FTJP Air Canada Airbus A320-211 - cn 233. Planespotters.net, accessed April 10, 2015 .
- ↑ JP airline fleets International, Edition 94/95
- ↑ Air Canada AC624 touched down 335 meters short of runway, TSB says. In: cbc.ca. March 29, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Passengers report a hard landing. In: aero.de. March 30, 2015, accessed March 30, 2015 .
- ↑ 18 passengers are released after less time. In: aero.de. March 30, 2015, accessed March 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Air Canada Update # 3 on aircanada.com
- ↑ Air Canada sues Airbus over 2015 Halifax crash. In: ch-aviation. ch-aviation GmbH, April 4, 2017, accessed on April 4, 2017 (English).