Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634

1993 aviation incident that killed 4

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Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634
D-BEAT, the aircraft involved in the accident, in May 1992.
Accident
Date6 January 1993
SummaryCrashed short of runway
SiteNear Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDe Havilland Canada Dash 8-300
OperatorContact Air for Lufthansa CityLine
RegistrationD-BEAT
Flight originBremen Airport, Germany
DestinationParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France
Occupants23
Passengers19
Crew4
Fatalities4
Injuries19
Survivors19

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 8-300,[1] registered D-BEAT with 23 passengers and crew.

When Flight 5634 was nearing Paris, a Korean Air Boeing 747 scraped an engine pod on landing, causing air traffic 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, but there was no fire. The crash killed 4 passengers and 19 further were injured in the accident.

References

  1. ^ "D-BEAT Lufthansa CityLine De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 Dash 8 - cn 210". www.planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

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