TAROM Flight 371 · Romania
On March 31, 1995, TAROM Flight 371 (Romania). 60 people died.
- Date
- March 31, 1995
- Place
- Romania
- Operator
- TAROM
- Killed
- 60
- Position
- 44.593°N, 26.106°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q3104871
From Wikipedia
TAROM Flight 371 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Otopeni International Airport in Romania's capital Bucharest to Brussels Airport in Belgium. On 31 March 1995, the Airbus A310 operating flight 371 entered a steep turn and dive shortly after takeoff, crashing near Balotești in Romania, killing all 60 people on board. The flight was operated by TAROM, the flag carrier of Romania.
Investigation of the crash revealed that a faulty autothrottle had reduced the left engine to idle during climb, and coincidentally the captain had become incapacitated (possibly by a heart attack). The First Officer was unable to respond properly to the situation; according to the French BEA, he had confused the attitude direction indicator on the A310 with the one on the Soviet-built planes he was more accustomed to flying, which was different to that on the A310. It was the deadliest plane crash in TAROM's operational history.
Text from Wikipedia, “TAROM Flight 371”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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