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Air Disasters – Fly by “Wire”

Air France Flight 296 was a chartered flight of a newly-delivered fly-by-wire Airbus A320-111 operated by Air France. On June 26, 1988, as part of an air show it was scheduled to fly over Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport (ICAO code LFGB) at a low speed with landing gear down at an altitude of 100 feet, but instead slowly descended to 30 feet before crashing into the tops of trees beyond the runway. Three passengers died. The cause of the accident is disputed, as many irregularities were later …

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25 Responses to “Air Disasters – Fly by “Wire””

  1. anfnifarr says:

    watch?v=fX4_Ho992TQ

    Wow. Listen at 3:43
    Proof from Discovery Channel!
    “Air France’s star A320 pilot”…
    “who survived unlike 3 of his passengers”…

  2. MrJazzFender says:

    airmage15

    they were NOT testing a landing.

    It WAS at an air show – habsheim france june26 1988. the aircraft was flown by 2 PILOTS ON BOARD, with 4 other crew & 130 passengers also on board. 3 passengers killed

    do some research before you comment further

  3. Airmage15 says:

    thats not the reason it crashed it wasnt a air show , the plane was controled by a controller and were testing the landing , which oviously failed.

  4. ChileDDR says:

    fly by fire? lol !!

  5. sacdude20 says:

    Frog, you either replied to the wrong person or you’re just as big of a fuck nut as some of the other guys here. I’ve ALWAYS said it was manned and full of people….read the archives before you comment

  6. TheCosmicFrog says:

    It was manned you idiot. You can’t fly a plane unmanned. How would it have landed?

  7. TheCosmicFrog says:

    Nah, that definitely wasn’t it. They wouldn’t have been stupid enough to try ALPHA PROT at 30ft, no way.

    (and you’re that guy I replied to in that other video – hey!)

  8. HumanShot says:

    MANNED and 3 people died, just type the following two video titles into the youtube search bar. They’re both CREDIBLE documentaries and not the PowerPoint slideshows some of these idiots try to pass off as “videos.”

    A320 Airbus Down (2 of 2) (Mulhouse, France – 1988)

    Air France – Flight 296 – Crash Details

    Now close my account bitch

  9. HumanShot says:

    MANNED and 3 people died, just type the following two video titles into the youtube search bar. They’re both CREDIBLE documentaries and not the PowerPoint slideshows some of these idiots try to pass off as “videos.”

    A320 Airbus Down (2 of 2) (Mulhouse, France – 1988)

    Air France – Flight 296 – Crash Details

    Now close my account bitch

  10. xJaMeSxdAxdKx says:

    This crash was in the initial stages of “FLY BY WIRE”. This was at an airshow in Mulhouse and Airbus were demonstrating. “Alpha protection”… When the pilot has the throttles at IDLE and with the nose up attitude applied the plane detects that it will stall.. Alpha protection was meant to kick in and TOGA thrust should have automatically applied by the aircraft…

  11. Trs908 says:

    it wasnt unmanned

  12. sacdude20 says:

    If anyone wants REAL CREDIBLE PROOF that this was unmanned, just type the following two titles into the youtube search bar above. You’ll find that there is no arguing that this plane was manned and full of people which is why 3 of them died. Enjoy!

    A320 Airbus Down (2 of 2) (Mulhouse, France – 1988)

    Air France – Flight 296 – Crash Details

  13. sacdude20 says:

    Aw, poor little baby, Michel. I’m sorry you’ve been proven a liar and a fraud, but thats your fault and your fault only. When it comes down to it, you’re not a pilot and never have been….you have no proof. Good try little guy

  14. MichelAsseline says:

    sacdude, piss off you cunt, nobody die, only your mom when 5 babies fell out of her slack gaping twat.

  15. sacdude20 says:

    Once again, if any of you want to see actual proof that this was MANNED and 3 people died, just type the following two video titles into the youtube search bar. They’re both CREDIBLE documentaries and not the PowerPoint slideshows some of these idiots try to pass off as “videos.”

    A320 Airbus Down (2 of 2) (Mulhouse, France – 1988)

    Air France – Flight 296 – Crash Details

    I’m not sure why these dumb asses think its unmanned when all evidence proves otherwise, but oh well.

  16. MichelAsseline says:

    yes it was unmanned as i know it was.
    no deaths
    and yes you are plain and simple.
    now bog off

  17. Trs908 says:

    It was not an unmanned plane just because you might think it is.

    Plain and simple.

  18. MichelAsseline says:

    yes,it is true,there was casualties,
    some rabbits and some birds die in the forest nes pas, a tragedy
    no humans die as nobody on board.
    comprehend?
    unmanned plane

  19. Trs908 says:

    I understand there was causulties and I also understand you are not Michel Asseline

  20. MichelAsseline says:

    non casulties oui?
    you understand non?

  21. MichelAsseline says:

    ango;fin fuck off you braindead knobhead.
    nobody died you sack off shit.

  22. Trs908 says:

    No, you are not Asseline, you are not and were a pilot of any sort, there were causalties.

  23. angolfin212 says:

    The Co-pilot was one of the people to die

  24. MichelAsseline says:

    piss off twat, learn da truth.

  25. Trs908 says:

    uhhh no you werent