Paninternational Flight 112 was a BAC One-Eleven operated by German airline Paninternational that crashed in Hamburg on 6 September 1971 while attempting to land on an autobahn following the failure of both engines. The accident killed 22 passengers and crew out of 121 on board.
![]() D-ALAR, the BAC One-Eleven involved, seen nine months before the accident | |
Accident | |
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Date | 6 September 1971 |
Summary | Dual engine failure due to overheating after accidentally filling the water injection mechanism with jet fuel |
Site | Bundesautobahn 7 53°42′10″N 09°56′33″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | BAC One-Eleven |
Operator | Paninternational |
Registration | D-ALAR |
Flight origin | Hamburg Airport, Hamburg, Germany |
Destination | Málaga Airport, Málaga, Spain |
Occupants | 121 |
Passengers | 115 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 22 |
Injuries | 99 |
Survivors | 99 |
The aircraft, registered as D-ALAR, had its first flight the year before the accident.[1]
Paninternational Flight 112 took off from Hamburg Airport in Hamburg, Germany, on a flight to Málaga Airport in Málaga, Spain, with 115 passengers and six crew on board.[1] After the take-off, both engines failed and the pilots decided to make an emergency landing on a highway – Bundesautobahn 7 (also part of European route E45)[2] – about 4.5 km (3 mi; 2 nmi) from Hamburg Airport.[1] During the landing the aircraft deflected to the left and collided with an overpass and multiple concrete pillars, causing the right wing, cockpit, and T-tail to shear off. The rest of the fuselage broke up and skidded to a halt; subsequently catching fire.[1] The accident killed twenty-one passengers and one crew member.[1]
Subsequent investigation showed that the tank for the water-injection engine thrust-augmentation system (used during take-off) had inadvertently been filled with jet fuel instead of water. Spraying this additional jet fuel into the engines during take-off significantly increased the engine rpm and quickly caused both engines to overheat and fail, resulting in the crash.[citation needed]
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