Hania - Hanover

On July 12, 2000 at 01:34 PM, Hania - Hanover experienced a crash involving Airbus A310, operated by Hapag-Lloyd, with the event recorded near Vienna-Schwechat Vienna.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

151 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 151 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 143, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After takeoff from Chania-Souda Airport, the crew reported technical problems with the right main gear that could not be raised properly in its wheel well. The captain decided to continue to Munich in a gear down configuration but the fuel consumption increased. En route, the crew realized he could not make it to Munich so diverted to Vienna-Schwechat Airport. At a distance of about 12 NM from the airport, at an altitude of 4,000 feet, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. One of the engine could be restarted for a short period of time but on short final, the aircraft stalled and struck the ground (a grassy area) about 500 metres short of runway 34. The left main gear broke off, the aircraft slid for some 600 metres then veered to the left and came to rest on its left wing. All 151 occupants were rescued, among them 26 passengers were slightly injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-AHLB, MSN 0528, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.1050°, 16.5849°.