ASL Airlines Hungary Flight 7332

ASL Hungary Flight 7332
The accident aircraft in November 2015
Accident
Date 5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)
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°E / 45.6717; 9.6857Coordinates: 45°40′18″N 9°41′09″E / 45.6717°N 9.6857°E / 45.6717; 9.6857
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
Injuries 0
Survivors 2 (all)

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

Bergamo Airport incident location within Bergamo

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 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]

References

  1. ↑ "ASN aircraft accident Boeing 737-476SF HA-FAX". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. 1 2 "Plane crashes on to road in Italy after overshooting Bergamo airport runway". The Guardian. 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  3. 1 2 "Bergamo plane crash: Incredible escape after plane skids off runway at Italian airport and ends up on ROAD". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  4. ↑ "ASL Hungary's Plane Suffers Runway Excursion In Italy". 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  5. ↑ ANSV preliminary report
  6. ↑ "ASL Hungary B737-400F overran runway onto road at Bergamo". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  7. ↑ "ASL 737 Overrun Left a Long Trail of Destruction".
  8. 1 2 "ASL 737 substantially damaged in Bergamo accident". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  9. ↑ Aeroporto Orio al Serio, B737-400 marche HA-FAX
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