Paninternational Flight 112

Coordinates: 53°42′10″N 09°56′33″E / 53.70278°N 9.94250°E / 53.70278; 9.94250
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Paninternational Flight 112
D-ALAR, the BAC One-Eleven involved, seen nine months before the accident
Accident
Date6 September 1971
SummaryDual engine failure due to overheating after accidentally filling the water injection mechanism with jet fuel
SiteBundesautobahn 7
53°42′10″N 09°56′33″E / 53.70278°N 9.94250°E / 53.70278; 9.94250
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBAC One-Eleven
OperatorPaninternational
RegistrationD-ALAR
Flight originHamburg Airport, Hamburg, Germany
DestinationMálaga Airport, Málaga, Spain
Occupants121
Passengers115
Crew6
Fatalities22
Injuries99
Survivors99

Paninternational Flight 112 was a BAC One-Eleven operated by German airline Paninternational that crashed in Hamburg on 6 September 1971 while attempting to land on an autobahn following the failure of both engines. The accident killed 22 passengers and crew out of 121 on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft, registered as D-ALAR, had its first flight the year before the accident.[1]

Accident

Paninternational Flight 112 took off from Hamburg Airport in Hamburg, Germany, on a flight to Málaga Airport in Málaga, Spain, with 115 passengers and six crew on board.[1] The captain was Reinhold Hüls, a former military pilot with more than 3,000 hours flying time; co-pilot Elisabeth Friske was the first woman jet pilot in West Germany, at the time with only 7 hours in the BAC One-Eleven.[2] After the takeoff, as the aircraft climbed through 300 metres (980 ft), both engines failed and the captain decided to make an emergency landing on a highway – Bundesautobahn 7 (also part of European route E45)[3] – about 4.5 km (3 mi; 2 nmi) from Hamburg Airport.[1] During the landing, on the south-bound carriageway to avoid heavy traffic out of Hamburg, the aircraft deflected to the left and collided with an overpass and multiple concrete pillars, causing the right wing, cockpit, and T-tail to shear off. The rest of the fuselage broke up and skidded to a halt resting against an oak tree, and subsequently caught fire.[1][2] The accident killed twenty-one passengers and one crew member.[1]

Cause of the crash

Subsequent investigation showed that the tank for the

demineralised water. Spraying this additional jet fuel into the engines caused them both to overheat and fail shortly after take-off.[1][2][4] Two maintenance workers for Paninternational were sentenced to prison terms in 1974.[2]

See also

  • Southern Airways Flight 242 a Douglas DC-9, which also crashed on April 4, 1977 during an emergency landing on a highway
  • Dominicana DC-9 air disaster
    a 1971 DC-9 crashed caused by engines contaminated with water

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 515FB D-ALAR Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Spaeth, Andreas (5 September 2021). "Absturz auf der Autobahn". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).
  3. ^ "Autobahnatlas.de information for A7". www.autobahnatlas-online.de (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Absturz auf der A7: Ein Wartungsfehler mit tragischen Folgen" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 6 September 2021.

Further information

  • Müller-Tischer, Jan (2013). Notlandung auf der A7: Die Flugzeugkatastrophe von Hasloh (documentary film, 27 mins, 43 secs) (in German).