Accident | |
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Date | 8 September 1989 |
Summary | Structural failure of rudder leading to loss of control and in-flight breakup |
Site | 18 km (11 mi; 10 nmi) north of Hirtshals, Denmark 97 km (60 mi; 52 nmi) west of Tjörn, Sweden 57°44′13″N 10°6′32″E / 57.73694°N 10.10889°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Convair CV-580 |
Operator | Partnair |
ICAO flight No. | PAR394 |
Call sign | PARTNAIR 394 |
Registration | LN-PAA[1] |
Flight origin | Oslo Airport, Fornebu, Oslo, Norway |
Destination | Hamburg Airport, Hamburg, West Germany |
Occupants | 55 |
Passengers | 50 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 55 |
Survivors | 0 |
Partnair Flight 394 was a chartered flight that crashed on 8 September 1989 off the coast of Denmark, 18 kilometres (11 mi; 10 nmi) north of Hirtshals. All fifty passengers and five crew members on board the aircraft died, making this the deadliest disaster in Danish aviation history.[1] The crash was caused by improper maintenance and use of counterfeit aircraft parts.[2]
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