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_(2).jpg) HA-FAX, the aircraft involved in the accident, seven months prior. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 August 2016 (2016-08-05) |
| Summary | Runway excursion due to pilot error |
| Site | Bergamo Airport, Bergamo, Italy 45°40′18″N 9°41′09″E / 45.6717°N 9.6857°E / 45.6717; 9.6857 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-476SF |
| Operator | European Air Transport on behalf of ASL Airlines Hungary |
| IATA flight No. | QY7332 |
| ICAO flight No. | BCS7332 |
| Call sign | EUROTRANS 7332 |
| Registration | HA-FAX |
| Flight origin | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France |
| Destination | Orio al Serio International Airport, Bergamo, Italy |
| Occupants | 2 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
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. The airport was closed for almost three hours after the crash, and flights were rescheduled or rerouted to Malpensa Airport. The two-person crew suffered serious injuries.
Accident
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. It broke through the airport perimeter fence, and rolled onto an active four-lane highway, with some vehicles narrowly escaping a collision and others in the adjacent parking lot being destroyed in the process. The aircraft left a long trail of destruction as it rolled off from the runway.
It sustained substantial damage, losing its CFM56 engines and main landing gear, and fracturing the horizontal stabilizer.
Investigation
Italian air investigation agency ANSV began an inquiry into the accident. The CVR and DFDR were retrieved on the day of the accident. A preliminary report was released on 21 September 2016.
The final report, released in August 2018, concluded that the accident was mainly caused by the loss of situational awareness of the crew.
References
- ^ Ranter, Harro (2016-08-05). "ASN aircraft accident Boeing 737-476SF HA-FAX". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ^ Kirchgaessner, Stephanie (2016-08-05). "Plane crashes on to road in Italy after overshooting Bergamo airport runway". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ 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.
- "RELAZIONE D'INCHIESTA: INCIDENTE occorso all'aeromobile B737-400 marche di identificazione HA-FAX, sull'aeroporto di Orio del Serio (BG), 5 agosto 2016" [INVESTIGATION REPORT: INCIDENT which occurred to aircraft B737-400 registered HA-FAX, over Orio del Serio Airport (BG), August 5, 2016] (PDF). Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo (in Italian). 2018-08-08.
- ANSV preliminary report
- "ASL Hungary B737-400F overran runway onto road at Bergamo". 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
- Kaminski-Morrow, David (2016-08-05). "ASL 737 Overrun Left a Long Trail of Destruction". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (2016-08-05). "ASL 737 substantially damaged in Bergamo accident". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- "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.
- "Incidente B737 a Bergamo dell'agosto 2016: ANSV ha pubblicato la relazione finale di inchiesta" [August 2016 B737 crash in Bergamo: ANSV’s published final investigation report] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.