 The wreckage of Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378 on the ground in Vienna, Austria
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| Date | 2000-07-12 |
| Type | Fuel starvation |
| Site | Vienna, Austria |
| Passengers | 142 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 150 (all) |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A310-304 |
| Operator | Hapag-Lloyd Airlines |
| Tail number | D-AHLB |
Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378 (HF-3378), registered as D-AHLB, was a commercial Hapag-Lloyd Airlines Airbus A310-304 flight, on July 12, 2000. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Fuel starvation and fuel exhaustion (sometimes referred to as fuel depletion) are problems that can affect Internal combustion engines fuelled by either WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Hapag-Lloyd Flug (between 2005 and 2007 also marketed as Hapagfly) was an Airline based in Hanover, Germany. An aircraft registration is a unique Alphanumeric string that identifies an Aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile Hapag-Lloyd Flug (between 2005 and 2007 also marketed as Hapagfly) was an Airline based in Hanover, Germany. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It was carrying 142 passengers and 8 crew members from Chania, Greece to Hanover, Germany. Chaniá ( Greek: Χανιά xaˈɲa also transliterated Hania and Khania, older form Chanea and Venetian: Canea Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
The flight departed at 10:59, after which it was noticed that it was not possible to fully retract the landing gear. In Aviation, the undercarriage or landing gear is the structure (usually wheels that supports an Aircraft on the ground and allows it to taxi As a result the pilot decided to shorten the flight to land in Munich, after the crew had estimated the fuel consumption using the Flight Management System (FMS). Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. A flight management system or FMS is a Computerized Avionics Component found on most commercial and business Aircraft However, the FMS was not designed to take account of half-raised landing gear, and in fact there was not enough fuel to reach this destination. After an alarm at 12:49 informed the crew that there was only 1. 3 tons of jet fuel left in the tanks, the pilot quickly redirected the flight to Vienna. Jet fuel is a type of Aviation fuel designed for use in Aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. However, the aircraft ran out of fuel with twenty kilometers to go, and the crew were left to glide the jet towards the runway. A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. It touched down 500 meters short, striking airport equipment, spinning 120 degrees, and coming to a rest off the runway. Some of the passengers were injured, none seriously. The aircraft was a writeoff. The term write-off (or write-down describes a reduction in recognized value
See also
- Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378 Final Report Summary (English) [1]
- Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378 Official Final Report (German) [2]
- Gimli Glider, involving a 1983 emergency landing without fuel. Gimli Glider is the nickname of an Air Canada aircraft which was involved in an infamous Aviation incident This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1983: Events January January 1 - Eastern Air Lines ' first revenue
- Air Transat Flight 236, a 2001 emergency landing without fuel. Air Transat Flight 236 was an Air Transat route between Toronto, Canada and Lisbon, Portugal flown by Captain Robert This is a list of Aviation -related events from 2001 Events March March 29 - An Avjet charter flight, a Gulfstream III
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