Boeing 757-200 crash, Feb 6, 1996 (189 killed), Puerto Plata
Boeing 757-200 accident on February 6, 1996 near Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic with 189 fatalities. Cause: The crew failed to...
- Date: February 6, 1996
- Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
- Location: Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
- Fatalities: 189
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The crew failed to recognise the stick shaker as a warning of an imminent stall and did not carry out stall recovery. The captain's airspeed indicator was probably affected by a blocked pitot tube, which the crew did not recognise.
Birgenair Flight 301, a Boeing 757 charter from Puerto Plata to Frankfurt via Gander and Berlin, lost its airspeed indications soon after takeoff. The crew believed the airspeed readings were wrong, the autopilot reduced speed toward the stall, and the stick shaker sounded before the aircraft crashed into the sea about eight seconds after a GPWS warning. All 189 people aboard were killed.