ASL Airlines Hungary Flight 7332
Accident
Date5 August 2016 (2016-08-05)
SummaryRunway excursion due to pilot error
SiteBergamo Airport, Bergamo, Italy
45°40′18″N 9°41′09″E / 45.6717°N 9.6857°E / 45.6717; 9.6857
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-476SF
OperatorEuropean Air Transport on behalf of ASL Airlines Hungary
IATA flight No.QY7332
ICAO flight No.BCS7332
Call signEUROTRANS 7332
RegistrationHA-FAX
Flight originCharles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France
DestinationOrio al Serio International Airport, Bergamo, Italy
Occupants2
Crew2
Fatalities0
Survivors2

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 2,000 metres (6,562 ft) into the 2,900-metre long (9,514 ft) runway 28, and did not stop until more than 500 metres (1,640 ft) 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[failed verification] 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] The final report, released in August 2018,[10] concluded that the accident was mainly caused by the loss of situation awareness of the crew.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ranter, Harro (2016-08-05). "ASN aircraft accident Boeing 737-476SF HA-FAX". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
  2. ^ a b Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (2016-08-05). "Plane crashes on to road in Italy after overshooting Bergamo airport runway". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. ^ a b Robson, Steve; Shammas, John (2016-08-05). "Bergamo plane crash: Incredible escape after plane skids off runway at Italian airport and ends up on ROAD". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. ^ Velkey, Robert (2016-08-08). "ASL Hungary's Plane Suffers Runway Excursion In Italy". Hungary Today. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. ^ ANSV preliminary report
  6. ^ "ASL Hungary B737-400F overran runway onto road at Bergamo". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  7. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (2016-08-05). "ASL 737 Overrun Left a Long Trail of Destruction". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  8. ^ a b Kaminski-Morrow, David (2016-08-05). "ASL 737 substantially damaged in Bergamo accident". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  9. ^ "Aeroporto Orio al Serio, B737-400 marche HA-FAX" [Orio al Serio Airport, B737-400 registrations HA-FAX] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  10. ^ "Incidente B737 a Bergamo dell'agosto 2016: ANSV ha pubblicato la relazione finale di inchiesta". Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

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