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Control tower of Pau Pyrénées Airport
Pau Pyrénées Airport (French: Aéroport Pau Pyrénées) (IATA: PUF, ICAO: LFBP) is an airport serving Pau, France. It is located 10 km (6 miles) northwest of Pau in Uzein, a commune of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (named for the Pyrénées mountains and the Atlantic Ocean).
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air France |
Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly |
| operated by Régional |
Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Ryanair |
Bristol, Brussels-Charleroi, London-Stansted |
| transavia.com |
Amsterdam |
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On 25 January 2007, Air France Flight 7775 from Pau to Paris crashed shortly after take-off. All 54 passengers and crew escaped from the Fokker 100 although one person was killed on the ground.[1] An investigation by the BEA revealed that the cause of the accident was ice on the wings of the aircraft involved.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Picture: Truck driver killed as Air France Régional Fokker 100 hits vehicle during overrun in Pau". Flight Global. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/01/26/211751/picture-truck-driver-killed-as-air-france-rgional-fokker-100-hits-vehicle-during-overrun-in.html. Retrieved on 2 January 2009.
- ^ "Icing led to Air France Fokker take-off crash: investigators". Flight Global. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/12/31/320577/icing-led-to-air-france-fokker-take-off-crash-investigators.html. Retrieved on 2 January 2009.
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