Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634
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] registered D-BEAT with 23 passengers and crew.
_AN0193922.jpg.webp) D-BEAT, The aircraft involved in the accident in May 1992. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 January 1993 |
| Summary | Crashed short of runway |
| Site | Near Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Bombardier DHC-8-300 |
| Operator | 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 |
When Flight 5634 was nearing Paris, a Korean Air Boeing 747 scraped an engine pod on landing, causing 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 parts, but there was no fire. The crash killed 4 passengers, and 19 further were injured in the accident.
References
- "D-BEAT Lufthansa CityLine De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 Dash 8 - cn 210". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
External links
- Preliminary Accident Report - Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (in French) (Archive)
- 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
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