Paninternational Flight 112
- Dusseldorf
- Munich -Riem
Paninternational was a German airline based in Munich and bases at the airports of Munich -Riem and Dusseldorf.
History
The company was founded in 1968 under the name PANAIR from Munich tour operator Pan. After an objection by the Pan Am name had to be changed because Pan Am were the rights to Panair (see for example Panair do Brasil ). Flight operations in 1970 included. Paninternational flew with two new BAC 1-11 for other tour operators to European destinations. To be able to fly to more distant destinations, were additionally two used Boeing 707-120 acquired in 1970 another new BAC 1-11 American Airlines, which then took over intercontinental distances and were up to the dissolution of the company in the service.
Aircraft accident Hasloh
The company achieved unwanted fame through a plane crash, which occurred with the Paninternational machine D- ALAR. The BAC 1-11 was launched fully staffed with 115 passengers and six crew members on Monday, September 6, 1971 at 18:19 clock in Hamburg- Fuhlsbüttel from the runway 34 with destination Málaga. A few minutes after take-off both started Rolls-Royce Spey engines fire. Pilot and co-pilot did manage to the machine near Hasloh on a two months earlier released for the transport section of the A7 motorway to set up. It broke the left landing gear and the machine turned to the left. When passing a highway overpass the rudder was torn down and the cockpit separated by a bridge pier from the fuselage, with a crew member and 17 passengers were killed instantly. Four seriously injured died later in hospital. Of the 99 people who survived the disaster, 45 were injured, some seriously. People on the ground did not come to harm. The rest of the fuselage with the wing was rotated by 180 degrees, at the highway embankment to a halt. The kerosene caught fire could be extinguished after an hour from the Hamburg airport fire brigade.
The cause of the simultaneous failure of two engines, it was found that the tank of water injection for the turbines in addition to water also contained flammable kerosene. To make stand out a fully loaded machine safely, was injected during startup for short-term thrust increase demineralized water for cooling the engines.
The investigation revealed that an employee of Paninternational 100 liters of kerosene bottled on the Dusseldorf airport during repair work in two 60 -liter jerry cans, which then vacated the camp from an aircraft electrician and later from the crash machine pure along with other three cans of water to Hamburg were taken. As there, the tanks of the water injection system should be filled the next day, let the copilot pump the contents of the five canisters into the tanks. The warning of a servant, it stink after fuel, did the copilot with the remark: "Everything stinks of fuel ." Since kerosene is specifically lighter than water, was first injected below the water and then the kerosene at the start, leading to overheating and fire both engines.
It was also found that the maintenance personnel in Dusseldorf, the layers overlap, without the responsibilities were clearly defined. This was seen as one reason that the survey had been lost over water and kerosene container. In the Bundestag also allegations against Karl Wienand were loud, is said to have the airline protected by the Luftfahrt -Bundesamt as Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD against a " consultant's fee " for years before checks.
Fleet
The fleet consisted of six aircraft:
- 4 BAC 1-11-500 (D - ALAR, D- ALAS, D- Alaq, D- ALAT )
- 2 Boeing 707-120 (D - ALAM, D- alal )