Global InformationBrit Air Flight 5672 information
 F-GRJS, the aircraft involved, photographed in May 2003, months before the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 June 2003 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Commune of Saint-Divy, near Brest-Guipavas Airport, Brest, France 48°27′18″N 4°22′06″W / 48.45500°N 4.36833°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Bombardier CRJ100ER |
| Operator | Brit Air for Air France |
| IATA flight No. | AF5672 |
| Call sign | BRIT AIR 672 ECHO CHARLIE |
| Registration | F-GRJS |
| Flight origin | Nantes Atlantique Airport, Nantes, France |
| Destination | Brest-Guipavas Airport, Brest, France |
| Occupants | 24 |
| Passengers | 21 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 9 (5 serious)[1][2] |
| Survivors | 23 |
Brit Air Flight 5672 (AF5672) was a domestic passenger flight from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Brest-Guipavas Airport, France, which crashed on 22 June 2003. The flight was a Bombardier CRJ100ER operated by Brit Air, a regional airline which was a subsidiary of Air France. The aircraft crashed during its landing phase, striking multiple obstacles and then crashing onto a road and bursting into flames.[1] The occupants were evacuated immediately. The captain was killed in the crash, while 23 survived.[2][3] The crash was dubbed a miracle flight, as almost all of the occupants survived the crash. The media called the event the "Miracle in Brest" (French: Les miraculés du Nantes-Brest).[4][5]
An investigation led by France's air accident investigation body, the Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA), revealed that the crew of Flight 5672 neglected to select the approach mode on the autopilot.[6] As a result, the glideslope was not captured. The aircraft subsequently deviated significantly from its expected flight path, and the issue worsened as the crew failed to monitor the aircraft's altitude. The Ground Proximity Warning System[7] sounded the alarm, and the aircraft crashed and burst into flames. The crash was the third recorded hull loss of a Bombardier CRJ-100.[2]
- ^ a b "Pilot killed in small plane crash in France". The Irish Times. June 22, 2003.
- ^ a b c "Accident on 22 June 2003 at Guipavas (21) to the Bombardier Canadair CL-600 2B 19 registered F-GRJS operated by Brit Air" (PDF). Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety.
- ^ "Local flight plane crashes near Brest". RTÉ. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
- ^ "Les miraculés du Nantes-Brest - LES PASSAGERS ONT RÉUSSI À S'EXTRAIRE DE L'AVION EN FEU" [The miraculous of Nantes-Brest - PASSENGERS SUCCEEDED IN EXTINGUISHING FROM THE FIRE PLANE]. La Dépêche (in French). Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "Le pilote aurait été victime d'un malaise" [The pilot would have been the victim of a malaise]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on April 21, 2005. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ^ "Preliminary Report: GPWS warning preceded approach crash". AIN Online. August 5, 2008. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2017.