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Air France Flight 296 was a chartered flight of a newly-delivered fly-by-wire Airbus A320-111 operated by Air France. On June 26, 1988, as part of an air show it was scheduled to fly over Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport (ICAO code LFGB) at a low speed with landing gear down at an altitude of 100 feet, but instead slowly descended to 30 feet before crashing into the tops of trees beyond the runway. Three passengers died. The cause of the accident is disputed, as many irregularities were later revealed by the accident investigation. This was the first ever crash involving an Airbus A320.

The official report states the causes of the accident were: * Very low flyover height, lower than surrounding obstacles. * Very low speed, reduced to reach maximum possible angle of attack. * Engines idling during flight. * Late application of go-around power.

This combination led to the impact of the aircraft with the trees.

The Commission believed that if the descent below 100 feet was not deliberate, it may have resulted from failure to take proper account of the visual and aural information intended to give the height of the aircraft.

Simulated in FSX, By Wenjie ROX. Last Air Disasters Episode for Season 2. Season 3 out soon.

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  • Really bad, you copied this from Air Crash Investigation! :(

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  • @cranachanan WHAAAAAT?

  • @SG55OVCam you are a troll aren't you, or one of these people that believes a higher power is the only reason they cant move out of their parents basements or kick their addiction to world of warcraft

  • @cranachanan You errrrr, you like cartoons then, going by your laughable channel.

    UNmanned means empty though.

  • @SG55OVCam it was manned, you fucking troll. Have some respect for the victims

  • @nighthawk006phoenix Errrr? Good grief, has this what it has come down to,, making cartoons about an UNmanned plane crash!

    I am sure I have the real footage in my videos as I had to travel to France to get it out a vault where it had been sealed for decades.

  • manned plane!

  • @AirbusA315 2 kids and a women who tried to help a little girl. They survived the impact.They suffocated from the smoke.

  • @weirdosack i bet you dnt kno wat it is -.-

  • @weirdosack dude stfu massive crash final is better

  • Dude, That Accident he was performing a Manouver ( Forgot what it's called) but The aircraft is at a very high pitch, and there'for he could not see the Trees The tress was not on the Charts Either, WHen he saw them it was too late..

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