Thunder & Lightnings

Test Flying Memorial

"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Date30/06/1994
CasualtiesNicholas Warner, Airbus CTP. Two French crew and four passengers also perished.
AircraftAirbus A330
Took off fromToulouse-Blagnac, France
Purpose of flightEngine-out take-off tests
Incident locationToulouse-Blagnac, France
Incident detailsThe aircraft crashed from 1,300ft having irrecoverably lost roll control after pitching up and approaching the stall less than one minute after brakes off.
Web linkWikipedia entry


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