Accident | |
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Date | 5 August 2016 |
Summary | Runway excursion due to pilot error |
Site | Bergamo Airport, Bergamo, Italy 45°40′18″N 9°41′09″E / 45.6717°N 9.6857°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-476SF |
Operator | European Air Transport on behalf of ASL Airlines Hungary |
IATA flight No. | QY7332 |
ICAO flight No. | BCS7332 |
Call sign | EUROTRANS 7332 |
Registration | HA-FAX |
Flight origin | Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France |
Destination | Orio al Serio International Airport, Bergamo, Italy |
Occupants | 2 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Survivors | 2 |
ASL Airlines Hungary Flight 7332 was a cargo flight operating for DHL from Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, to Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport, Italy. On 5 August 2016, the aircraft overran the runway while landing at Bergamo in poor weather, and came to rest on a nearby road.[1][2] The airport was closed for almost three hours after the crash, and flights were rescheduled or rerouted to Malpensa Airport.[2][3] The two-person crew was not injured.[4]