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Air Algérie/Phoenix Flight 702P, named Oasis and registered 7T-VEE, was a Boeing 737 owned by Air Algérie and leased by Phoenix Aviation which crashed on 21 December 1994 near Coventry Airport, England. All five on board were killed.

Air Algérie/Phoenix Flight 702P

7T-VEE, the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	21 December 1994
Summary	Pilot error
Site	Willenhall, near Coventry Airport, Coventry-Baginton, England, United Kingdom 52.38443°N 1.45289°W / 52.38443; -1.45289
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-2D6C
Aircraft name	Oasis
Operator	Air Algérie, leased from Phoenix Aviation
Call sign	ACE CARGO 702P
Registration	7T-VEE
Flight origin	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stopover	East Midlands Airport, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom (unplanned)
Destination	Coventry Airport, Coventry-Baginton, England
Occupants	5
Passengers	2
Crew	3
Fatalities	5
Survivors	0

History

On the day of the accident, the aircraft departed Amsterdam for a routine flight to Coventry, where live animals were to be loaded on board for export to the Netherlands and France. Weather at Coventry was poor and deteriorated steadily during the day; by the time the aircraft reached the Coventry area, the runway visual range for the main runway at Coventry Airport was only 700 metres (2,300 ft). The aircraft was not properly equipped to receive the updated radio-navigational broadcast for the runway in question, so the pilots elected to be guided in by a radar controller using Surveillance Radar Approach (SRA). This was unsuccessful and the captain elected to call a missed approach and eventually divert to the East Midlands Airport.[1]

Approximately 90 minutes after landing at East Midlands, visibility at Coventry improved significantly. The flight departed East Midlands at 9:38 local time in order to make a second attempt to land at the scheduled destination. During the second SRA-guided approach, the aircraft descended well below the glide slope and collided with an 86-foot-high (26 m) electricity transmission tower situated on the extended centreline of the runway approximately 1.1 miles (0.96 nmi; 1.8 km) from the runway threshold. The collision caused severe damage to the left engine and to the structure of the left wing; the aircraft rolled to the left and dropped, taking the roof off 6 terraced houses in Sunbury before crashing into Willenhall, Coventry woodland and catching fire.

Aftermath

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) determined that the accident was caused by the flight crew allowing the aircraft to descend significantly below the minimum descent height for the approach without gaining sight of the approach lighting or runway threshold. The AAIB also found that the crew had failed to cross-check altimeter height indications during the approach, that the non-handling pilot failed to call out the minimum descent height as the aircraft reached that altitude, and that the flight crew's performance had been impaired by the effects of fatigue.[2]

A brass plaque remembering the event is now located in Middle Ride, close to the crash scene, which was erected on the 10th anniversary of the accident by the Willenhall Wood Residents Association.[3]

See also

• List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft

References

Bibliography

Air Accidents Investigation Branch

• "Report on the accident to Boeing 737-2D6C, 7T-VEE at Willenhall, Coventry, Warwickshire on 21 December 1994." (Archive)
  • Appendices to the report (Archive)
• "SUMMARY AAR 1/1996: Boeing 737, 7T-VEE." (Archive)

External links

• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Air-Algérie-Flug 702P

Auf dem Air-Algèrie-Flug 702P verunglückte am 21. Dezember 1994 eine Boeing 737-26DC mit dem Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen 7T-VEE der Air Algérie, die für die Phoenix Aviation betrieben wurde. Bei dem Unfall wurden die fünf Besatzungsmitglieder an Bord der Maschine getötet.

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- [en] Air Algérie Flight 702P

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[it] Volo Air Algérie 702P

Il volo Air Algérie 702P era un volo passeggeri internazionale dall'aeroporto di Amsterdam-Schiphol, nei Paesi Bassi, all'aeroporto di Coventry, nel Regno Unito. Il 21 dicembre 1994, un Boeing 737-200 operante il volo precipitò vicino a Coventry, provocando la morte di tutti i cinque a bordo.[1]

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