Martinair Flight 495

When

21 Dec 1992

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

37.01° N, 7.96° W

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

56

Injured

106

Cause

wind shear

1992 aviation accident in Portugal

Martinair Flight 495 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operated by Dutch airline Martinair that crash-landed in severe weather conditions at Faro Airport, Portugal on 21 December 1992. The aircraft carried 13 crew members and 327 passengers, mainly holidaymakers from the Netherlands. The crash killed 54 passengers and 2 crew members; 106 of the other occupants were badly injured.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Martinair Flight 495 accident, worst accident in the history of Faro Airport”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “При второй попытке посадке в условиях сильного ветра, в бурю, самолёт Douglas DC-10-30CF компании Marinair Holland NV задел полосу концом крыла и съезжает с…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “el vuelo 495 de Martinair se estrella aparatosamente por una micro ráfaga en el aeropuerto de Faro (Portugal): fallecen 56 ocupantes y 106 resultan…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page