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Air France Flight 296

aviation accident at Habsheim air show

Air France Flight 296 was a test flight of an Air France Airbus A320, chartered by Air Charter International, at an air show in Habsheim, Alsace, France on June 26, 1988. The approach was to take place with the plane at 100 feet, but the plane descended to a lower height than expected and crashed at the end of the runway, killing 3 passengers on board. This was the first fatal accident of an Airbus A320 in the world. The cause was that the pilots knew they forgot of the combination of low altitude even the slow speed takeoff also late go-around power and deflecting elevators down, leading the plane to a stall

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