Global InformationAvient Aviation Flight 324 information
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 Z-BAV, the aircraft involved, seen three days before the accident. | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 28 November 2009 |
| Summary | Pilot error due to improper thrust management |
| Site | Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Pudong, Shanghai, China |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Operator | Avient Aviation |
| IATA flight No. | Z3324 |
| ICAO flight No. | SMJ324 |
| Call sign | AV AVIA324 |
| Registration | Z-BAV |
| Flight origin | Shanghai Pudong International Airport |
| Destination | Manas International Airport (Bishkek) |
| Occupants | 7 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Injuries | 4 |
| Survivors | 4 |
On 28 November 2009 at 08:12 (UTC+8), Avient Aviation McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, registration Z-BAV (c/n 48408), on flight 324 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Manas International Airport, near Bishkek, crashed during its take off roll with the loss of 3 lives. As the aircraft rotated for departure, the tail struck the ground, and the aircraft then overshot the end of the runway, crashed and landed on top of a warehouse near the runway. The plane was written off.[1] Avient took delivery of Z-BAV on 20 November 2009, 8 days before the crash.[2][3]
This is the first ever accident that took place in Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
Crew members were from the United States (4), Indonesia (1), Belgium (1) and Zimbabwe (1).[4]
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ "MD-11 delivery". Airfleets. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (2009-11-29). "US investigators to assist Shanghai MD-11 crash inquiry". Flight Global. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ "Crash: Avient Aviation MD11 at Shanghai on Nov 28th 2009, overran runway on takeoff". www.avherald.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.