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Airbus crash/training flight
From French News channel LCI, an airbus 320 doing flight test with five people on board as ditched and is sinking near Perpignan. any more news on that?
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Airbus crash/training flight
BBC five live as of now...Airbus crash (training flight) in sea.
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Apparently landing went wrong.
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A320
5 people onboard according official statements
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Given the distance between the R/W @ PGF and the Med a bit worse than a landing gone wrong. Seems it was training ( I guess touch & go's for new guys ) Anyone's guess how an unstallable wunderbus could get dropped into the sea a few miles short of the R/W though. :confused:
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Airline from unconfirmed sources is STARDUST
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PGF
There were several Airbus A320 Family Aircraft on MX with EAS yesterday at PGF, could be one of those ? Non of them were Air France Airframes though.
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CNN: New Zealand A320, 5 to 7 onboard
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Airbus A320 -232 2500 ZK-OJL Air New Zealand ferried 27nov08 PGF-FRA in full cs, D-reg prior ferry to NZ ex D-AXLA
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A320 said to ditch off French coast during training flight
Seven people were on board an Airbus A320 aircraft, belonging to Air New Zealand, which has ditched off the coast of France during a training flight. A spokeswoman for the French coast guard Gendarmerie Maritime says the precise location of the twin-jet is unclear, but that the organisation believes it to be between 1km and 5km from the coast near Perpignan. She adds that the jet belonged to Air New Zealand and is lying 20-30m below the surface of the water. The condition of the seven occupants is unknown, she says. The aircraft came down at about 17:00. Airbus has so far been unable to provide any further details. |
French news tv BFM-TV mentions a Neo-Z Airbus 320, with seven on board. Not a training flight, but a post-maintenance flight.
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Here at the Beeb we've spoken to an XL Germany spokesman who has given us the following:
The plane was being returned to an aircraft leasing company. It was being given a maintenance check at Perpignan airport. The aircraft appears to have crashed into the sea off the south east French coast during test flights following the maintenance work. XL Germany says there were two flight crew from XL Germany and 3-5 engineers on board Hope this helps. |
From wikipedia - Air New Zealand
Airbus A320-200 12 (1 Order) 152 (8/0/144) Domestic, Select Tasman (except Perth) & Pacific Operated by: Zeal320. Currently undergoing cabin refit. 1 Aircraft currently with New Interior. 10 Aircraft are leased |
Shame. Flew this a/c 3 months ago
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One body recovered - French TV
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Reuters wire
(Reuters) - An Air New Zealand
Airbus A320 aircraft on a test flight crashed into the sea off France's southwest coast on Thursday, killing at least one person with a further six still missing, officials said. "An aircraft crashed at around 5.00 p.m. (1600 GMT) off the coast near Perpignan. It was an A320," said a spokesman for the maritime prefecture, the regional authority that covers the area in southwestern France. The A320 is manufactured by Airbus, a unit of European aerospace group EADS. "Seven people were involved. We have recovered one dead body," another spokesman for the Pyrenees-Orientales prefecture, in southwestern France said. The Pyrenees-Orientales prefecture said the plane was on a "technical flight" and was being serviced by a company based in Perpignan, a southwestern city on the Mediterranean coast. Officials from the DGAC, the French civil aviation authority were checking reports of the crash. There was no immediate comment from Airbus, a unit of European aerospace group EADS. |
19:20 update
Recent info (19:20 UTC+1) from regional newpaper stating that one body was recoverd and transported to Perpignan hospital, 6 persons missing. Also indicated that debris is spread over hundreds of metres around impact point. Sad.
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The 28th Nov is fast becoming a bad bad for NZ aviation. It is also the anniversary of Erebus accident.
Fingers crossed that we get some good news on survivors |
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