TAROM Flight 371
1995 passenger plane crash in Balotești, România / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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TAROM Flight 371 was a scheduled international passenger flight, with an Airbus A310 from Otopeni International Airport in Romania's capital Bucharest to Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium. The flight was operated by TAROM, the flag carrier of Romania. On 31 March 1995, the Airbus A310-324, registered as YR-LCC, entered a nose-down dive after takeoff and crashed near Balotești in Romania. All 60 people aboard were killed in the crash.[1]
Accident | |
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Date | 31 March 1995 (1995-03-31) |
Summary | Auto-throttle failure and pilot incapacitation (possible heart attack) leading to loss of control |
Site | Balotești, near Otopeni International Airport, Bucharest, Romania 44°35′54.5″N 26°06′23.2″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Airbus A310-324 |
Aircraft name | Muntenia |
Operator | TAROM |
IATA flight No. | RO371 |
ICAO flight No. | ROT371 |
Call sign | TAROM 371 |
Registration | YR-LCC |
Flight origin | Otopeni International Airport, Bucharest, Romania |
Destination | Brussel-Zaventem Airport, Brussels, Belgium |
Occupants | 60 |
Passengers | 49 |
Crew | 11 |
Fatalities | 60 |
Survivors | 0 |
Investigation of the crash revealed that a faulty auto-throttle reduced the left engine to idle during climb. While this was happening, the captain became incapacitated (possible heart attack),[2][3] leaving the first officer to react instinctively, over the final 60 seconds of the flight, based on his training and experience – but as he spent most of his flying career flying Soviet-built planes with a different style Attitude Direction Indicator than on the A310, he was unable to respond properly to the situation. The crash was the deadliest plane crash in Romania's history.[4][5] It was also the deadliest plane crash in TAROM's operational history.[6]