Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634

On 6 January 1993, Lufthansa Cityline Flight 5634 departed Bremen Airport for Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport at 17:30. Operating the flight was a Dash 8-311,[1] registered D-BEAT with 23 passengers and crew.

Lufthansa Cityline Flight 5634
D-BEAT, The aircraft involved in the accident in May 1992.
Accident
Date6 January 1993
SummaryCrashed short of runway
SiteNear Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBombardier DHC-8-300
OperatorLufthansa Cityline
RegistrationD-BEAT
Flight originBremen Airport, Germany
DestinationParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France
Occupants23
Passengers19
Crew4
Fatalities4
Injuries19
Survivors19

When Flight 5634 was nearing Paris, a Korean Air Boeing 747 burst a tire on landing, causing controllers to close the runway briefly. The pilots were notified to change course to another runway. While in clouds and heavy fog on short final the airliner entered a high sink rate and crashed into the ground tail-first. The aircraft broke into two parts, but there was no fire. The crash killed 4 passengers, and 19 further were injured in the accident.

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