Airbus A300 crash, Apr 13, 2010 (6 killed), Monterrey-Gen...
Airbus A300 accident on April 13, 2010 near Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico with 6 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control following...
- Date: April 13, 2010
- Aircraft: Airbus A300
- Location: Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control following an unstable non-precision approach. Contributing factors were poor crew coordination and resource management, reduced situational awareness, failure to follow procedures, an unsuitable configuration and adverse weather.
An AeroUnion A300B4 freighter on a cargo flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles via Monterrey lost control on a night approach to Monterrey in storms and low cloud. After a go-around, it climbed steeply, stalled and struck a motorway about 700 m short of the runway. All five crew and one person in a car were killed.