| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 2 July 1988 |
| Type: |  Transall C-160D |
| Operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 50+80 |
| C/n / msn: | D-117 |
| First flight: | 1971-03-29 (17 years 3 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Eysines ( France)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS), Germany |
| Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD/LFBD), France |
Engine failure; struck high tension wires during emergency landing and crashed into a field.
Sources:
» Express 4-7-1988Photos
Map
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 Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport as the crow flies is 863 km (539 miles).
Distance from Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport as the crow flies is 863 km (539 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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