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The aircraft struck the ocean belly-first at a speed of 152 knots (282 km/h; 175 mph), comprising vertical and horizontal components of 108 knots (200 km/h; 124 mph) and 107 knots (198 km/h; 123 mph), respectively. All 228 passengers and crew on board died on impact from extreme trauma and the aircraft was destroyed. [88] [2] [86]
July 3 – In the 1968 BKS Air Transport Heathrow crash, an Airspeed Ambassador freight aircraft experienced metal fatigue and crashed while landing, striking two unoccupied British European Airways airliners. Six of the freighter's crew of eight are killed, as are eight racehorses being transported.
1 cze 2022 · At 02:14:28, less than five minutes after the autopilot disengaged and with no mayday transmission, Air France Flight 447 crashed into the ocean at a speed of 152 knots, descending at a rate of 10,912 feet per minute.
12 maj 2021 · Twelve years after an Air France Airbus plane crashed into the Atlantic killing 228 people, a court has ruled that the airline and manufacturer should go on trial for involuntary manslaughter.
17 kwi 2023 · The Airbus A330 operated by Air France stalled during a storm and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. The court said even if errors had been committed, a causal link between them and the crash...
25 lut 2010 · The final minutes of flight AF 447 had begun. Four minutes after the airspeed indicator failed, the plane plunged into the ocean, killing all 228 people on board.
28 lip 2010 · 30 June: A Yemeni passenger plane, an Airbus 310, crashes in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. Only one of the 153 people on board survives.
