The aircraft had been sitting unused for 20 days, and without pitot tube covers in place for the preceding 2 days before the crash.įlight 301 shares the title of deadliest aviation crash involving a Boeing 757 alongside American Airlines Flight 77, both having 189 total fatalities, But in that crash, 64 were onboard that 757. The cause was pilot error after receiving incorrect airspeed information from one of the pitot tubes, which investigators believe was blocked by a wasp nest built inside it. On February 6, 1996, the Boeing 757-200 operating the route crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport. Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canadaīirgenair Flight 301 was a flight chartered by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, Germany, via Gander, Canada, and Berlin, Germany. Pilot error, Stalled and crashed into the sea due to flight instrument malfunction from pitot tube blockageĢ6 km (16 mi 14 nmi) NE of Gregorio Luperón International Airportġ9★4′50″N 70☂4′20″W / 19.91389°N 70.40556°W / 19.91389 -70.40556 TC-GEN, the aircraft involved in the incident
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