Airbus A319 crash, Sep 24, 2010, Palermo-Punta Raisi
Airbus A319 accident on September 24, 2010 near Palermo-Punta Raisi, Sicily, Italy with no fatalities. Cause: The crew continued the non-precision...
- Date: September 24, 2010
- Aircraft: Airbus A319
- Location: Palermo-Punta Raisi, Sicily, Italy
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued the non-precision approach without visual references, against the SOPs, with poor crew resource management, in heavy rain at night where a black hole approach illusion contributed to the aircraft descending short of the runway.
A Wind Jet A319 on a night scheduled flight from Rome to Palermo continued an instrument approach in heavy rain without visual contact with the runway. It struck the ground about 367 m short of the runway, collided with the localiser antenna and slid to a stop beside the runway. All 129 occupants were rescued, 35 of them with injuries, and the aircraft was written off.