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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence | {{Infobox aircraft occurrence | ||
| name = Besmenian Airways Flight 431 | | name = Besmenian Airways Flight 431 | ||
Revision as of 04:46, 21 November 2020
 The BA-33VE in May 1974 | |
| Date | 18 August 1975 |
|---|---|
| Summary | Exploding engine |
| Site | Anrodbach, Besmenia |
| Total fatalities | 310 |
| Aircraft name | BA-33VE |
| Registration | D3886R |
| Flight origin | Lait City International Airport, Lait City, Besmenia |
| Destination | Adrianople International Airport, Adrianople, Latium |
| Occupants | 301 |
| Passengers | 287 |
| Crew | 17 |
| Fatalities | 301 |
| Survivors | 3 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 9 |
The Besmenian Airways Flight 431 was a scheduled international passenger flight from the Lait City International Airport to the Adrianople International Airport in Adrianople, Latium.
The cause of the disaster was a malfunctioning engine that exploded from a flight distance of 440 km, causing the pilots to lose control. The plane crashed near the small village of Anrodbach. Of the 310 passengers, only 3 survived, seriously injuring the disaster
Crash
The plane left the Lait City International Airport at 08:45 AM. At 09:59 AM when the plane was flying over South Zollingia, the engine on the right wing exploded. The pilots lost control of the aircraft and tried to crash it into the Periclean Sea. However, they do not manage to do this, which caused the machine to crash heavily near the village of Anrodbach
The plane crashed into the Anrodbach forest, which started to catch fire.