Airbus Updates No.497

Listed below all Airbus A320 aircraft that have been written off.............

F-GFKC	Airbus A320-110	9		cfm56-5A1		Air France	1987
dd 6/26/88, crashed in MLH during low level demonstration flight 6/26/88 - descended below its planned 100ft altitude and loss of altitude and airspeed while in excessive pitch caused the airplane to stall. 3 people died. F-GGED Airbus A320-211 15 cfm56-5A1 Air Inter 1988 dd 12/22/88, crashed 1/20/92 SXB - flew into ground while attempting approach in thick fog. 87 people died VT-EPN Airbus A320-231 79 V2500-A1 Indian Airlines 1989 JPGM dd 12/23/89, crashed while landing in Bangalore, India 2/14/90 N635AW Airbus A320-231 92 V2500-A1 1989 rg 03/18/03 Memphis Group Inc Memphis TN, canx 05/19/03 A85064 D-AIPN Airbus A320-211 105 cfm56-5A1 Lufthansa 1990 dd 4/10/90, flight crashed during approach to WAW 9/14/93 - ran out of runway while landing in wind shear conditions Airplane computer did not unlock spoilers and reverse thrusts until all wheels struts were compressed Because airplane could not get all wheels on ground until it was 5000ft from the threshold, it ran out of runway 2 people died 4R-ABA Airbus A320-231 374 V2500-A1 Air Lanka (Boullioun Aviation Services) 1992 EMBD dd 12/18/92, destroyed during rebel attack 6/21/01 on Colombo Airport EK-32001 Airbus A320-212 397 cfm56-5A3 Armenian International Airways 1993 w/o 5/5/06 Brussels BRU damaged beyond repair in hangar fire F-OHMD Airbus A320-231 433 V2500-A1 Mexicana 1993 EFCR dd 3/15/94 DEBI, burned 3/11/00 MMMT because ground personel failed to disconnect fuel hose after refueling A4O-EK Airbus A320-212 481 cfm56-5A3 Gulf Air 1994 EJKP dd 9/29/94, flight crashed into the Persian Gulf on 8/23/00. All 143 souls aboard perished. Flight GF072 from Cairo came down shortly before landing in. According to an air traffic controller at Bahrain airport, the jet circled the runway twice in an attempt to land, then on the third attempt plunged into the sea and exploded in flames A4O-EM Airbus A320-212 536 cfm56-5A3 Gulf Air 1995 dd 6/27/95 crashed as Gulf Air flight in Abu Dhabi 3/10/97 on aborted takeoff EK-32009 Airbus A320-211 547 cfm56-5A1 Armavia 1995 dd 2/6/04 - wo 5/3/06 plunged into Black Sea near Adler in bad weather 113(113) RP-C3222 Airbus A320-214 708 cfm56-5B4/P Philippine Airlines 1997 dd 8/21/97, crashed while landing in BCD 3/22/98 3 people died on the ground, everybody aboard the airplane survived PR-MBK Airbus A320-233 789 V2527E-A5 TAM Linhas Aereas 1998 dd 1/8/07 - w/o 7/17/07 SBSP overran on landing in rain, spoilers failed and one engine had reverse thrust disconected. Airplane hit building at the end of runway and burned EC-HJK Airbus A320-214 1278 cfm56-5B4/P Iberia 2000 dd 8/9/00, crashed 2/7/01 Bilbao, Spain EI-TAF Airbus A320-233 1374 V2527E-A5 TACA International Airlines 2001 w/o 5/30/08 TGU overran runway on landing 5/130 D-AXLA Airbus A320-232 2500 V2527-A5 Air New Zealand 2005 dd 11/27/08 - crashed in the sea off PGF 11/27/08 during flight test or training (7 fatalities) ZK-OJL ntu