Boeing 757-200 Birgenair
Not for Crash
Credits to @XPA for b757 itself.
About Birgenair:
Birgenair was a Turkish charter airline company established in 1988 with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey.[1]
About flight 301:
Birgenair 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. On 6 February 1996, the Boeing 757-200 operating the route crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport.[1][2] All 189 people on board died.[3] 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. The aircraft had been sitting unused for 20 days, and without pitot tube covers in place for the preceding 2 days before the crash.
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Specifications
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General Characteristics
- Predecessor Boeing 757 200(PW engine)
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 152.6ft (46.5m)
- Length 192.7ft (58.7m)
- Height 55.6ft (17.0m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 10,267lbs (4,657kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 22.982
- Wing Loading 2.9lbs/ft2 (14.2kg/m2)
- Wing Area 3,533.8ft2 (328.3m2)
- Drag Points 2393
Parts
- Number of Parts 140
- Control Surfaces 11
- Performance Cost 738
When a flying pencil got killed by the wasp's fault
Wow 😍
wasp
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