Airbus A300
On
26 April 1994 China Airlines(Taiwan) A300-600 crashed at the end of runway at Nagoya, Japan, killing all 15 crews and 249 of 264 passengers on board.
On
26 September 1997 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashed while landing at
Medan, Indonesia killing 234 aboard.
On
16 February 1998 China Airlines(Taiwan) A300-600; crashed into residental area close to CKS international airport near Taipei, Taiwan. All 196 people onboard were killed, including Taiwan's central bank president. Six people on the ground were also killed.
On
12 November 2001 American Airlines,
Flight 587 crashed into the
Belle Harbor neighborhood of
Queens,
New York shortly after takeoff from
John F. Kennedy International Airport. All 260 people on board were killed, along with 5 people on the ground. The official
NTSB report of
26 October 2004 stated the cause of the crash was the overuse of the
rudder to counter
wake turbulence (causing the tail to eventually break off).
On
22 November 2003 a
European Air Transport A300B4-203F, operating on behalf of
DHL, was hit by an
SA-7 'Grail' missile after take-off from
Baghdad International Airport. The aeroplane rapidly lost all hydraulic pressure and thus controls. The crew found that after extending the landing gear to create more drag, they could pilot the plane using differences in engine thrust and managed to land the plane with minimal further damage. The plane was later repaired and offered for sale (
incident summary and photos).
, Airliners.net
crew=2 | capacity=266 passengers | payload main=39,885 kg | payload alt=87,930 lb | span main=44.84 m | span alt=147 ft 1 in | length main=54.08 m | length alt=177 ft 5 in | height main=16.62 m | height alt=54 ft 6.5 in | area main=260 m² | area alt=2,800 ft² | airfoil= | empty weight main=115,000 kg | empty weight alt=200,000 lb | loaded weight main= | loaded weight alt= | useful load main=140,000 kg | useful load alt=310,000 lb | max takeoff weight main=171,700 kg | engine (jet)=General Electric CF6-80C2 | type of jet=turbofans | number of jets=
** 2 | thrust main=61,500 lbf | thrust alt=274 kN | **-or-
** 2× Pratt & Whitney PW-4000 turbofans, 58,000 lbf (258 kN) each>max speed main= | max speed alt= | cruise speed main=897 km/h | cruise speed alt=484 knots, 557 mph | range main=7,500 km | range alt=4,000 nm, 4,700 mi | ceiling main= | ceiling alt= | climb rate main= | climb rate alt= | loading main= | loading alt= | thrust/weight=
* Official site
* Pictures
* Aircraft-Info.net - Airbus A300-600
* Airbus A300 Production List
* Airbus A300-600 rudder problems
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