- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 01, 1993 |
Time: | 1950 |
Location: | Hibbing, Minnesota |
Operator: | Express Airlines - Northwest Airlink |
Flight #: | 5719 |
Route: | Minneapolis/St. Paul - Hibbing |
AC Type: | British Aerospace Jetstream BA-3100 |
Registration: | N334PX |
cn / ln: | 706 |
Aboard: | 18 (passengers:16 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 18 (passengers:16 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While on approach, the aircraft collided with trees and terrain 3 miles from the runway threshold in fog and freezing drizzle. Delay by the captain to start the descent which led to a breakdown in crew coordination and the loss of altitude awareness by the flightcrew during an unstabilized approach in night instrument meteorological conditions. |
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