Paninternational Flight 112

Paninternational Flight 112 was a BAC One-Eleven operated by German airline Paninternational that crashed in Hasloh 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.

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
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBAC One-Eleven
OperatorPaninternational
RegistrationD-ALAR
Flight originHamburg Airport, Hamburg, Germany
DestinationMálaga Airport, Málaga, Spain
Occupants121
Passengers115
Crew6
Fatalities22
Injuries99
Survivors99

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] After the take-off, both engines failed and the pilots decided to make an emergency landing on a highway – Bundesautobahn 7 (also part of European route E45)[2] – about 4.5 km (3 mi; 2 nmi) from Hamburg Airport.[1] During the landing the aircraft collided with a bridge, causing both wings to shear off; subsequently catching fire.[1] The accident killed twenty-one passengers and one crew member.[1]

Cause of the crash

Subsequent investigation showed that the tank for the water-injection engine thrust-augmentation system (used during take-off) had inadvertently been filled with jet fuel instead of water. Spraying this additional jet fuel into the engines during take-off significantly increased the engine rpm and quickly caused both engines to overheat and fail, resulting in the crash.

References
  1. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 515FB D-ALAR Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
  2. "Autobahnatlas.de information for A7". www.autobahnatlas-online.de (in German). Retrieved 29 May 2010.
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