The Capitan of Hapag-Lloyd's A-310
The Capitan Hannover's Court
The Capitan of Hapag-Lloyd's A-310 who realized an emergency landing in July, 2000 on having remained without fuel in Vienna, has appeared before Hannover's court accused of a crime rash recklessness. In case of being condemned it faces a between six months and ten years.
Review of the flight
The flight 3378 went out from Khania, Greece, to them 10.59h with destination Hannover. In the moment to re-bring the landing gear they could not, due to a problem with the principal right train. The crew decided to continue the flight with the widespread landing gear and they requested to the control to turn to Munich. As the flight was advancing with the calculations of the FMS (computer of I approach that between other missions it calculates in real time the consumptions and requirements of fuel), there was adopted the decision to turn aside to the airport of Vienna since, according to these calculations there was no sufficient fuel to come to the second destination, Munich. In the approximation to Schwechat's airport (Vienna) to 4.000 ' of altitude, both engines stopped (due to the lack of fuel) not being able to reach the runway, and remaining to 500 meters of the threshold runway 34. For fortune, none was necessary to be sorry about human loss.
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Last edited by peb; 8th May 2004 at 15:19.