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Birgenair Flight 301
TC-GEN, the aircraft involved in the accident, Photographed in 1995
Accident
Date6 February 1996; 28 years ago
SummaryStalled and crashed into the ocean
Site26 km (16 mi; 14 nmi) NE of Gregorio Luperón International Airport
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
19°54′50″N 70°24′20″W / 19.91389°N 70.40556°W / 19.91389; -70.40556
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 757-225
OperatorBirgenair
ICAO flight No.ALW301
Call signALPHA LIMA WHISKY 301
RegistrationTC-GEN
Flight originGregorio Luperón International Airport
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
1st stopoverGander International Airport
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
2nd stopoverBerlin Schönefeld Airport
Berlin, Germany
DestinationFrankfurt Airport
Frankfurt, Germany
Occupants189
Passengers176
Crew13
Fatalities189
Survivors0

Birgenair Flight 301 was a flight chartered by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, Germany, via Gander, Canada, and Berlin, Germany. On 6 February 1996, the Boeing 757-200 operating the route crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport.[1][2] All 189 people on board died.[3] The cause was pilot error after receiving incorrect airspeed information from one of the pitot tubes, which investigators believe was blocked by a wasp nest built inside it. The aircraft had been sitting unused for 20 days, and without pitot tube covers in place for the preceding two days before the crash.

Flight 301 is the joint-deadliest aviation incident involving a Boeing 757 (along with American Airlines Flight 77) having a total of 189 fatalities. Furthermore, Flight 301 is the deadliest aviation accident ever to have occurred in the Dominican Republic.[4]

  1. ^ Pope, Hugh (10 February 1996). "Crash plane may not have been serviced". The Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Rescuers call off search in plane crash". CNN. 8 February 1996. Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
  3. ^ Wald, Matthew L. (8 February 1996). "German Tourist Plane Crashes; 189 Feared Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 July 2006.

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