Narrative:
Crew did not respond 40 min after takeoff from Vienna, Austria on a flight to Hamburg, Germany. Crashed into Atlantic from FL390 after fuel exhaustion.
Loss of control
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 18 May 1983 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25B |
| Operator: | Air Traffic Executive Jet |
| Registration: | D-CDPD |
| MSN: | 25-177 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 560 km (350 mls) NW off Scotland ( Atlantic Ocean)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wien-Schwechat International Airport (VIE/LOWW), Austria |
| Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH), Germany |
Crew did not respond 40 min after takeoff from Vienna, Austria on a flight to Hamburg, Germany. Crashed into Atlantic from FL390 after fuel exhaustion.
Classification:
Flightcrew incapacitationLoss of control
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Wien-Schwechat International Airport to Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport as the crow flies is 762 km (476 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Wien-Schwechat International Airport to Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport as the crow flies is 762 km (476 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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