Transall C-160 crash, Jul 2, 1988 (6 killed), Bordeaux-Mé...
Transall C-160 accident on July 2, 1988 near Bordeaux-Mérignac, Gironde, France with 6 fatalities. Cause: Engine failure for unknown reasons..
- Date: July 2, 1988
- Aircraft: Transall C-160
- Location: Bordeaux-Mérignac, Gironde, France
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine failure for unknown reasons.
A Luftwaffe Transall C160D (50+80) flying from Stuttgart to Bordeaux crashed on approach to Bordeaux Merignac Airport on 2 July 1988 after an engine failure. It struck power cables and came down short of the runway 23 threshold, and all six crew on board were killed.