Airbus A320 Accidents and incidents history

• 26 June 1988 – Air France Flight 296, an A320-111, crashed into the tops of trees beyond the runway on a demonstration flight at Habsheim, France. 3 passengers were killed.
• 14 February 1990 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, an A320-231 carrying 146 people crashed on its final approach to Bangalore Airport, killing 88 passengers & 4 crew members.
• 20 January 1992 – Air Inter Flight 148, an A320-111 crashed into a high ridge near Mount Sainte-Odile in the Vosges mountains while on final approach to Strasbourg at the end of a scheduled flight from Lyon. This accident resulted in the deaths of 87 of the aircraft’s occupants (5 crew members, 82 passengers).
• 14 September 1993 – Lufthansa Flight 2904, in Warsaw an A320-211 coming from Frankfurt am Main with 70 people crashed into an earth wall at the end of the runway. A fire started in the left wing area & penetrated into the passenger cabin. The copilot & a passenger died.
• 22 March 1998, Philippine Airlines Flight 137, an A320-214 crashed & overran the runway of Bacolod City Domestic Airport, RPVB, in Bacolod, plowing through homes near it. None of the passengers or crew died, but many were injured & three on the ground were killed.
• 23 August 2000 – Gulf Air Flight 072, an A320-212 crashed into the Persian Gulf on approach to Bahrain Airport. All 143 passengers & crew on board lost their lives.
• 3 May 2006 – Armavia Flight 967, an A320-211 crashed into the Black Sea while attempting to conduct a go-around following its first approach to Sochi Airport, Russia. All 113 passengers & crew on board lost their lives. The accident was a Pilot error / Controlled flight into terrain accident.
• 17 July 2007 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 – PR-MBK, the A320-233 on the route, was not able to stop while landing at Congonhas International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. As of 2008 the cause of the accident is under investigation by Brazilian & international authorities. All 187 passengers and all crew died with 12 fatalities on the ground.
• 25 January 2008 – United Airlines Flight 731 – after departure from Newark Liberty Airport at 9:45 am, the flight experienced a serious glass-cockpit blackout, losing half of the ECAM displays as well as all radios, transponders, TCAS, & attitude indicators. Partially due to good weather and daylight conditions, the pilots were able to land successfully at Newark Airport without radio contact. Airbus has offered an optional fix, which the U.S. NTSB has suggested to the U.S. FAA as mandatory, but the FAA has yet to make such a requirement. A preliminary NTSB factsheet is available.
• 30 May 2008 – TACA Airlines Flight 390 – EI-TAF, the A320-233 from San Salvador overran the runway on its final approach to Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with bad weather conditions. At least five fatalities.
• 27 November 2008 – 2008 XL Airways Germany accident – a check flight of an A320 which was to be returned to Air New Zealand. 7 people aboard died when it crashed into the sea off the southern French coast.
• 15 January 2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 – an A320 en route from New York City LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina, ditched into the Hudson River several minutes after takeoff. All 150 passengers & five crew have been reported to have survived, with only one serious injury. The cause of the accident is believed to be a bird strike disabling both engines.