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XL Airways Germany Flight 888T

Index XL Airways Germany Flight 888T

XL Airways Germany Flight 888T (GXL888T) was an Airbus A320 which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, 7 km off Canet-en-Roussillon on the French coast, close to the Spanish border, on 27 November 2008. [1]

43 relations: Aeroperú Flight 603, Agence France-Presse, Air data inertial reference unit, Air France Flight 296, Air France Flight 447, Air India Flight 855, Air New Zealand, Air New Zealand Flight 901, Airbus A320 family, Airbus A330, Aircraft lease, Aircraft registration, Angle of attack, Antarctica, BBC News, Birgenair Flight 301, Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile, Canet-en-Roussillon, Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, Crime scene, Data recovery, Flight management system, Flight recorder, Flight test, France, Freedom Air, Gaillac, German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation, Go-around, Honeywell Aerospace, International Aero Engines, List of accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A320 family, Manslaughter, Mayday (Canadian TV series), Mediterranean Sea, Mount Erebus, National Transportation Safety Board, Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport, Qantas Flight 72, Stall (fluid mechanics), The New Zealand Herald, Transport Accident Investigation Commission, XL Airways Germany.

Aeroperú Flight 603

Aeroperú Flight 603 was a scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida (KMIA) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile (SCEL), with stopover in Peru.

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Air data inertial reference unit

An air data inertial reference unit (ADIRU) is a key component of the integrated air data inertial reference system (ADIRS), which supplies air data (airspeed, angle of attack and altitude) and inertial reference (position and attitude) information to the pilots' electronic flight instrument system displays as well as other systems on the aircraft such as the engines, autopilot, aircraft flight control system and landing gear systems.

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Air France Flight 296

Air France Flight 296 was a chartered flight of a new Airbus A320-111 operated by Air France.

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Air France Flight 447

Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) was a scheduled passenger international flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed on 1 June 2009.

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Air India Flight 855

Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed during the evening of New Year's Day 1978 about off the coast of Bandra, Mumbai.

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Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand Limited is the flag carrier airline of New Zealand.

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Air New Zealand Flight 901

Air New Zealand Flight 901 (TE-901) was a scheduled Air New Zealand Antarctic sightseeing flight that operated between 1977 and 1979.

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Airbus A320 family

The Airbus A320 family consists of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus.

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Airbus A330

The Airbus A330 is a medium- to long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus.

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Aircraft lease

Aircraft leases are leases used by airlines and other aircraft operators.

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Aircraft registration

Every civil aircraft must be marked prominently on its exterior by an alphanumeric string, indicating its country of registration and its unique serial number.

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Angle of attack

In fluid dynamics, angle of attack (AOA, or \alpha (Greek letter alpha)) is the angle between a reference line on a body (often the chord line of an airfoil) and the vector representing the relative motion between the body and the fluid through which it is moving.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Birgenair Flight 301

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.

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Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile

The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA, French: Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and incidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those investigations.

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Canet-en-Roussillon

Canet-en-Roussillon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.

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Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand

The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) (Māori: Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa) is the government agency tasked with establishing civil aviation safety and security standards in New Zealand.

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Crime scene

A crime scene is any location that may be associated with a committed crime.

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Data recovery

In computing, data recovery is a process of salvaging (retrieving) inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged or formatted data from secondary storage, removable media or files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in a normal way.

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Flight management system

A flight management system (FMS) is a fundamental component of a modern airliner's avionics.

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Flight recorder

A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents.

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Flight test

Flight testing is a branch of aeronautical engineering that develops and gathers data during flight of an aircraft, or atmospheric testing of launch vehicles and reusable spacecraft, and then analyzes the data to evaluate the aerodynamic flight characteristics of the vehicle in order to validate the design, including safety aspects.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Freedom Air

Freedom Air was Air New Zealand Group's low-cost airline which operated from December 1995 to March 2008.

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Gaillac

Gaillac is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France.

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German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation

The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation"." German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation.

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Go-around

A go around is an aborted landing of an aircraft that is on final approach.

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Honeywell Aerospace

Honeywell Aerospace is a manufacturer of aircraft engines and avionics, as well as a producer of auxiliary power units (APUs) and other aviation products.

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International Aero Engines

IAE International Aero Engines AG is a Zürich-registered joint venture manufacturing company founded in 1983 to develop an aircraft engine to address the 150-seat single aisle aircraft market.

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List of accidents and incidents involving the Airbus A320 family

For the entire A320 family, 118 aviation accidents and incidents have occurred (the last one being Afriqiyah Airways Flight 209 on 23 Dec 2016), including 35 hull loss accidents (the last one being EgyptAir Flight 804 on 19 May 2016), and a total of fatalities in 17 fatal accidents (the last one aboard EgyptAir Flight 804 on 19 May 2016).

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Manslaughter

Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder.

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Mayday (Canadian TV series)

Mayday, also known as Air Crash Investigation in Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Asia, and some European countries, and Air Emergency and Air Disasters in the United States (both ended in 2008), is a Canadian documentary television program investigating air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings, and other disasters.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa and on the east by the Levant.

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Mount Erebus

Mount Erebus is the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after Mount Sidley) and the southernmost active volcano on Earth.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport

Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport (Aéroport de Perpignan – Rivesaltes), also known as Llabanère Airport, is a small international airport near Perpignan and Rivesaltes, both communes of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France.

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Qantas Flight 72

Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) was a scheduled flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Perth Airport on 7 October 2008 that made an emergency landing at Learmonth airport near the town of Exmouth, Western Australia following an inflight accident featuring a pair of sudden uncommanded pitch-down manoeuvres that severely injured many of the passengers and crew.

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Stall (fluid mechanics)

In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases.

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The New Zealand Herald

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.

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Transport Accident Investigation Commission

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC, Te Komihana Tirotiro Aitua Waka) is a transport safety body of New Zealand.

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XL Airways Germany

XL Airways Germany GmbH was a charter airline headquartered in Mörfelden-Walldorf, Hesse, Germany, operating charter and ad-hoc lease services, mostly out of Frankfurt Airport.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XL_Airways_Germany_Flight_888T

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