At the time of the accident the aircraft had accumulated a total of 6,316 airframe hours. Pakistan Airbus A320 Flugzeugabsturz pk8303 ein islamistischer TERRORANSCHLAG?! [2][1], The aircraft, an Airbus A320-111, registration F-GGED, serial number 15, first flew on 4 November 1988, and was delivered to Air Inter on 22 December 1988. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. Air Inter Flight 148 was a scheduled passenger flight from Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport to Strasbourg Airport in France. [6][1] The report also recommended that pilot training for the A320 should be enhanced and that ground proximity warning systems should be installed on them. On 20 January 1992, the aircraft operating the flight, an Airbus A320, crashed in the Vosges Mountains, France, near Mont Sainte-Odile, while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport. This page was last edited on 28 June 2020, at 22:20. [1], The Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile (BEA) found that Flight 148 crashed because the pilots left the autopilot set in Vertical Speed Mode instead of Flight Path Angle Mode and then set "33" for "3.3° descent angle", resulting in a high descent rate of 3,300 feet (1,000 m) per minute into terrain. [6][citation needed], The accident occurred at night, under low cloud and with light snow. Neue UNFASSBARE Leaks! On 22 May 2020, the Airbus A320 in use crashed in Model Colony, a densely populated residential area of Karachi a few kilometres from the runway, while on a second approach after a failed landing. In dem Viertel Model Colony wohnen viele Arme, es ist dicht besiedelt. It is speculated that this was because Air Inter – facing ferocious competition from France's TGV high-speed trains – may have encouraged its pilots to fly fast at low level (up to 350 knots (650 km/h; 400 mph) below 10,000 feet (3,000 m), while other airlines generally do not exceed 250 knots (460 km/h; 290 mph)), and GPWS systems gave too many nuisance warnings. [1], The pilots had no warning of the imminent impact because Air Inter had not equipped its aircraft with a ground proximity warning system (GPWS). Air Inter Flight 148 was a scheduled passenger flight from Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport to Strasbourg Airport in France. 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Absturz des Airbus A320 in Karachi Was bisher über Unglücksflug PK8303 bekannt ist 97 Menschen starben beim Absturz des Airbus A320 von Pakistan International Airlines in Karachi. Ein Anwohner, Abdul Rahman, sagte, er habe das Flugzeug mindestens drei Mal kreisen sehen, bevor es in mehrere … Air Inter equipped its aircraft with ground proximity warning systems before the investigation was completed. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 was a scheduled domestic flight from Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore to Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. Emergency response was slow and journalists were the first to find the crash site over four hours later. Airbus modified the interface of the autopilot so that a vertical speed setting would be displayed as a four-digit number, preventing confusion with the Flight Path Angle mode. [8] The flight data recorder was upgraded so that it was able to withstand higher temperatures and for longer. Of the 91 passengers and 8 crew on board the aircraft … 87 of the 96 people on board were killed, while the remaining nine were all injured. On 20 January 1992, the aircraft operating the flight, an Airbus A320, crashed in the Vosges Mountains, France, near Mont Sainte-Odile, while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport. 87 of the 96 people on board were killed, while the remaining nine were all injured. Augenzeugen berichteten, der Airbus A320 habe vor dem Absturz offenbar zwei oder drei Mal versucht zu landen, bevor er in einem Wohngebiet in der Nähe des Internationalen Flughafens Jinnah abgestürzt sei.