TC-GEN, the aircraft involved in the accident, Photographed in 1995
Accident
Date
6 February 1996; 28 years ago
Summary
Stalled and crashed into the ocean
Site
26 km (16 mi; 14 nmi) NE of Gregorio Luperón International Airport Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 19°54′50″N70°24′20″W / 19.91389°N 70.40556°W / 19.91389; -70.40556
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 757-225
Operator
Birgenair
ICAO flight No.
ALW301
Call sign
ALPHA LIMA WHISKY 301
Registration
TC-GEN
Flight origin
Gregorio Luperón International Airport Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
1st stopover
Gander International Airport Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
2nd stopover
Berlin Schönefeld Airport Berlin, Germany
Destination
Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt, Germany
Occupants
189
Passengers
176
Crew
13
Fatalities
189
Survivors
0
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]
^Pope, Hugh (10 February 1996). "Crash plane may not have been serviced". The Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
^"Rescuers call off search in plane crash". CNN. 8 February 1996. Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2009.
^Wald, Matthew L. (8 February 1996). "German Tourist Plane Crashes; 189 Feared Dead". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 21 July 2006.
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