TAROM Flight 371
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 March 1995 |
| Summary | Mechanical failure |
| Site | Baloteşti, Romania |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A310-324 |
| Operator | Tarom |
| Registration | YR-LCCdisaster |
| Passengers | 50 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 60 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Tarom Flight 371 was an Airbus A310 that crashed near Baloteşti in Romania on 31 March 1995. It was a flight from Bucharest's main Otopeni airport to Brussels.
The flight crashed shortly after it took off. Two main reasons are indicated: first the throttle of the starboard engine jammed, remaining in takeoff thrust, while the other engine reduced slowly to idle, creating an assymetrical thrust condition that ultimately caused the aircraft to roll over and crash. Second, the crew failed to respond to the thrust asymmetry. The captain did not say anything on the flight recording during the emergency and it was concluded that he was either incapacitated or missing from his seat. The first officer expressed concern (it's not clear whether about the captain or the aircraft attitude) and attempted a recovery just some seconds before the crash.
All persons on board (10 crew and 50 passengers) perished.
External links
- Aviation-safety.net accident description
- Planecrashinfo description
- Romanian (YR) air incidents at baaa-acro.com
- Tarom Flight 371 at airdisaster.com