_F-WWIO_-_MSN_4584_-_Will_be_ZK-OJQ_(5461431450).jpg) ZK-OJQ, an aircraft similar to the one involved. D-AXLA was recently repainted and looked similar to this Air New Zealand A320 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 November 2008 |
| Summary | Stalled and crashed during test flight |
| Site | Mediterranean Sea, near Canet-en-Roussillon, France 42°39′48″N 03°06′00″E / 42.66333°N 3.10000°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-232 |
| Operator | XL Airways Germany[a] |
| IATA flight No. | X4888T |
| ICAO flight No. | GXL888T |
| Call sign | STARDUST 888 TANGO |
| Registration | D-AXLA[b] |
| Flight origin | Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport, Perpignan, France |
| Destination | Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany[c] |
| Occupants | 7 |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 7 |
| Survivors | 0 |
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T (GXL888T)[1] was an acceptance flight for an Airbus A320 on 27 November 2008. The aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, 7 km (4.3 mi; 3.8 nmi) off Canet-en-Roussillon on the French coast, close to the Spanish border, killing all seven people on board. The subsequent investigation attributed the accident to incorrect maintenance procedures that allowed water to enter and freeze in the angle-of-attack sensors during flight, rendering them inoperative, combined with the crew's attempt to perform a test at a dangerously low altitude.[2]
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- ^ Hradecky, Simon (27 November 2008). "Crash: Air New Zealand A320 near Perpignan on Nov 27th 2008, impacted Mediterranean Sea". The Aviation Herald.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-232 D-AXLA Canet-Plage". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 19 November 2019.