Editing Airbus A300 (section)

== Accidents and incidents ==
As of June 2021, the A300 has been involved in 77 occurrences including 24 hull-loss accidents causing 1133 fatalities, and {{#expr:6+30}} criminal occurrences and hijackings causing {{#expr:290+12}} fatalities.<ref name="asna300">{{cite web |title= Airbus A300 Statistics |url= https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/Airbus-A300/index |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date= 25 June 2021}}</ref>

=== Accidents with fatalities ===
[[File:American Airlines Flight 587 vertical stabilizer.png|thumb|American Airlines Flight 587 vertical stabilizer
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[[File:Nose and forward section of UPS 1354.jpg|thumb|Nose and forward section of UPS 1354 which crashed in August 2013]]

* 21 September 1987: At Luxor Airport, Egypt, an [[Egyptair]] Airbus A300B4-203, registration SU-BCA, touched down {{cvt|700|m}} past the runway threshold during a training flight. The right main gear hit the runway lights and the aircraft collided with an antenna and fences. No passengers were on board the plane, but 5 crew members were killed. The aircraft was written off. This was the first fatal accident of an Airbus A300.<ref>{{cite web |title=Accident description |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870921-0 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |date=21 September 1987 |access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref>
* 28 September 1992: An A300B4-203, registration AP-BCP, operating [[PIA Flight 268]] crashed during approach, 18km S. of [[Kathmandu]]-Tribhuvan Airport, Nepal. All 12 crew members and all 155 passengers died.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/the-airbus-a300-1.279241 | work=CBC News | title=The Airbus A300 | date=12 November 2001}}</ref>
* 26 April 1994: [[China Airlines Flight 140]], an Airbus A300B4-622R, registration B-1816, crashed upon losing control during an attempted go-around at [[Nagoya]]-Komaki Airport, Japan, killing all 15 crew and 249 of 256 passengers on board.
* 26 September 1997: An Airbus A300B4-220, registration PK-GAI, operating [[Garuda Indonesia Flight 152]] collided with hilly terrain on approach to [[Medan]]-[[Polonia International Airport]], as the consequence of an air-traffic control error and limited ground visibility due to the [[1997 Southeast Asian haze]]. All 234 persons aboard were killed in Indonesia's deadliest crash to-date.
* 16 February 1998: [[China Airlines Flight 676]] an Airbus A300B4-622R, registration B-1814, stalled and impacted a residential area of [[Taipei]] during an attempted go around at Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek Airport, Taiwan. All 196 people on board were killed, including Taiwan's central bank president. Six people on the ground were also killed.
* 2 February 2000: While being towed to a hangar at Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, an [[Iran Air]] Airbus A300B2-203 (EP-IBR) was [[2000 Tehran airport collision|impacted]] by an Iranian Air Force [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]] transport plane that had lost directional control and veered off the runway while attempting to take off. All 8 of the Hercules' occupants were killed and both aircraft were destroyed by fire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Other Airbus A300B2-203 EP-IBR, Wednesday 2 February 2000 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/323575 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Loss of control Accident Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Wednesday 2 February 2000 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/323574 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* 12 November 2001: An Airbus 300B4-605R, registration N14053, operating [[American Airlines Flight 587]] crashed into [[Belle Harbor]], a neighbourhood in [[Queens]], New York, USA, shortly after takeoff from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]. The vertical stabiliser separated from the aircraft after the rudder was mishandled while encountering wake turbulence created by the Boeing 747 that had immediately preceded 587's own departure.  All 260 of the plane's occupants and 5 persons on the ground were killed. It is the second-deadliest accident involving an A300 to date and the second-deadliest aircraft incident in the United States.
* 14 April 2010: [[AeroUnion Flight 302]], an A300B4-203F, crashed on a road {{cvt|2|km}} short of the runway while attempting to land at [[Monterrey Airport]] in Mexico. Six people (five crew members and one on the ground) were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100413-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-203F XA-TUE Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY)|author=Harro Ranter|date=13 April 2010|work=aviation-safety.net|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>
* 14 August 2013: [[UPS Flight 1354]], an Airbus A300F4-622R, crashed outside the perimeter fence on approach to [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], Alabama, United States. Both crew members died.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/Pages/2014_UPS1354_BMG.aspx|title=Board Meeting: UPS Flight 1354|date=9 September 2014|website=[[National Transportation Safety Board]]}}</ref>

=== Non-fatal hull losses ===
* 18 December 1983: [[Malaysian Airline System Flight 684]], an Airbus A300B4 leased from [[Scandinavian Airlines System]] (SAS), registration OY-KAA, crashed short of the runway at Kuala Lumpur in bad weather while attempting to land on a flight from Singapore. All 247 people aboard escaped unharmed but the aircraft was destroyed in the resulting fire.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/mh684/photo.shtml |access-date=8 March 2013 |title=Flight MH684 crash |date=18 December 1983 |work=AirDisasters |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428050604/http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/mh684/photo.shtml |archive-date=28 April 2013 }}</ref>
* 24 April 1993: an [[Air Inter]] Airbus A300B2-1C was written off after colliding with a light pole while being pushed back at [[Fréjorgues Airport|Montpellier]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930424-0 | title=Airbus A300B2-1C F-BUAE Montpellier-Frejorgues Airport (MPL) | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=25 March 2014}}</ref>
* 15 November 1993, an Indian Airlines Airbus A300, registered as VT-EDV, crash landed near Hyderabad Airport. There were no deaths but the aircraft was written off.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Airbus A300B2-101 VT-EDV, Monday 15 November 1993 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/325126 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* 10 August 1994 – [[Korean Air Flight 2033]] (Airbus A300) from Seoul to Jeju, the flight approached faster than usual to avoid potential windshear. Fifty feet above the runway the co-pilot, who was not flying the aircraft, decided that there was insufficient runway left to land and tried to perform a go-around against the captain's wishes. The aircraft touched down 1,773 meters beyond the runway threshold. The aircraft could not be stopped on the remaining 1,227 meters of runway and overran at a speed of 104 knots. After striking the airport wall and a guard post at 30 knots, the aircraft burst into flames and was incinerated. The cabin crew was credited with safely evacuating all passengers although only half of the aircraft's emergency exits were usable.
* 17 October 2001: Pakistan International Airlines flight PK231, registration AP-BCJ, from [[Islamabad International Airport|Islamabad]] via [[Bacha Khan International Airport|Peshawar]] to [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai]] veered off the side of the runway after the right hand main landing gear collapsed as it touched down. The aircraft skidded and eventually came to rest in sand 50 meters from the runway. The aircraft sustained damage to its right wing structure and its no. 2 engine, which partly broke off the wing. All 205 passengers and crew survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20011017-0| title=Aviation Safety Network Report PIA Flight PK231| publisher=Aviation-Safety-Network| date=17 October 2001|access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>
*  1 March 2004: Pakistan International Airlines Flight 2002 burst 2 tyres whilst taking off from [[King Abdulaziz International Airport]]. Fragments of the tyre were ingested by the engines, this caused the engines to catch fire and an aborted takeoff was performed. Due to the fire substantial damage to the engine and the left wing caused the aircraft to be written off. All 261 passengers and 12 crew survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040301-0 |title=PIA Flight 2002 accident |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref>
* 16 November 2012: an [[Air Contractors]] Airbus A300B4-203(F) EI-EAC, operating flight QY6321 on behalf of [[EAT Leipzig]] from Leipzig (Germany) to Bratislava (Slovakia), suffered a nose wheel collapse during roll out after landing at Bratislava's [[M. R. Štefánik Airport]]. All three crew members survived unharmed, the aircraft was written off. As of December 2017, the aircraft still was parked at a remote area of the airport between runways 13 and 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bratislava.sme.sk/c/6605397/v-bratislave-havarovalo-nakladne-lietadlo.html|title=V Bratislave havarovalo nákladné lietadlo, zlyhal mu podvozok – Bratislava – bratislava.sme.sk|author=SME – Petit Press, a.s.|work=sme.sk|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>
* 12 October 2015: An Airbus A300B4-200F Freighter operated by Egyptian [[Tristar Air|Tristar]] cargo carrier crashed in Mogadishu, Somalia. All the passengers and crew members survived the crash.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviationanalysis.net/2015/10/tristar-a300-cargo-plane-crashed-in-mogadishu.html|title=Tristar A300 cargo plane crashed in Mogadishu – Aviation Analysis Wing|work=aviationanalysis.net}}</ref>
* 1 October 2016: An Airbus A300-B4 registration PR-STN on a cargo flight between São Paulo-Guarulhos and Recife suffered a runway excursion after landing and the aft gear collapsed upon touchdown.

=== Violent incidents ===
* 27 June 1976: [[Operation Entebbe|Air France Flight 139]], originating in [[Tel Aviv]], Israel and carrying 248 passengers and a crew of 12 took off from Athens, Greece, headed for Paris, France. The flight was hijacked by terrorists, and was eventually flown to [[Entebbe Airport]] in Uganda.  At the airport, Israeli commandos rescued 102 of the 106 hostages.
* 26 October 1986: [[Thai Airways Flight 620]], an Airbus A300B4-601, originating in Bangkok suffered an explosion mid-flight. The aircraft descended rapidly and was able to land safely at Osaka. The aircraft was later repaired and there were no fatalities. The cause was a hand grenade brought onto the plane by a Japanese gangster of the [[Yamaguchi-gumi]]. 62 of the 247 people on board were injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326903|title=Unlawful Interference Airbus A300B4-601 HS-TAE, Sunday 26 October 1986|first=Harro|last=Ranter|website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Snyder |first=Janet |date=29 October 1986 |title=Police check gangster grenade blast theory |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/10/29/Police-check-gangster-grenade-blast-theory/6790530946000/ |work=[[UPI]] |access-date=8 July 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Gangster's grenade causes jet scare |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/10/16/national/history/men-marrying-later-the-new-diet-building-opens-grenade-causes-plane-scare/ |work=[[The Japan Times]]|date=30 October 1986 |access-date=8 July 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Police say grenade caused Airbus blast |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/html/cd/1986/198610/19861031/19861031001_9.html |work=[[China Daily]] |date=31 October 1986 |access-date= 8 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Haberman |first=Clyde |date=4 November 1986 |title= Thai Plane Incident Prompts a New Look at Japan Gangs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/04/world/thai-plane-incident-prompts-a-new-look-at-japan-gangs.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=8 July 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Yakuza Branches Out |url=http://www.joc.com/maritime-news/yakuza-branches-out_19861102.html |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=2 November 1986 |access-date=8 July 2017 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028051119/https://www.joc.com/maritime-news/yakuza-branches-out_19861102.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{excessive citations inline|date=June 2021}}
*  3 July 1988: [[Iran Air Flight 655]] was shot down by [[USS Vincennes (CG-49)|USS ''Vincennes'']] in the [[Persian Gulf]] after being mistaken for an attacking Iranian [[F-14 Tomcat]], killing all 290 passengers and crew.<ref name="iranair">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/flight801/stories/july88crash.htm|access-date=3 August 2006|title=Navy Missile Downs Iranian Jetliner|date=4 July 1988|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
* 15 February 1991: two [[Kuwait Airways]] A300C4-620s and two Boeing 767s that had been seized during [[Iraq's occupation of Kuwait]] were destroyed in [[coalition of the Gulf War|coalition]] bombing of [[Mosul Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910215-2 | title=Airbus A300C4-620 9K-AHG Mosul Airport (MOS) | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=25 March 2014}}</ref>
* 24 December 1994: [[Air France Flight 8969]] was hijacked at [[Houari Boumedienne Airport]] in [[Algiers]], by four terrorists who belonged to the [[Armed Islamic Group]]. The terrorists apparently intended to crash the plane over the [[Eiffel Tower]] on [[Boxing Day]]. After a failed attempt to leave [[Marseille]] following a confrontational firefight between the terrorists and the [[GIGN]] French Special Forces, the result was the death of all four terrorists. (Snipers on the terminal front's roof shot dead two of the terrorists. The other two terrorists died as a result of gunshots in the cabin after approximately 20 minutes.) Three hostages including a Vietnamese diplomat were executed in [[Algiers]], 229 hostages survived, many of them wounded by shrapnel. The almost 15-year-old aircraft was written off.
* 24 December 1999: [[Indian Airlines Flight IC 814]] from [[Kathmandu]], Nepal, to New Delhi was hijacked. After refuelling and offloading a few passengers, the flight was diverted to [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan. A Nepalese man was murdered while the plane was in flight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/neighbours/story/20000117-xyz-761801-2012-07-20|title = Why didn't the hijack drama end in Dubai| date=20 July 2012 }}</ref>
* 22 November 2003: [[2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident|European Air Transport OO-DLL]], operating on behalf of [[DHL Aviation]], was hit by an [[SA-14 Gremlin|SA-14 'Gremlin']] missile after takeoff from [[Baghdad International Airport]]. The aeroplane lost hydraulic pressure and thus the controls. After extending the landing gear to create more drag, the crew piloted the plane using differences in engine thrust and landed the plane with minimal further damage. The plane was repaired and offered for sale, but in April 2011 it still remained parked at Baghdad Intl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20031122-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300B4-203F OO-DLL Baghdad International Airport (SDA)|author=Harro Ranter|date=22 November 2003|work=aviation-safety.net|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref>
* 25 August 2011: an A300B4-620 5A-IAY of [[Afriqiyah Airways]] and A300B4-622 5A-DLZ of [[Libyan Arab Airlines]] were both [[2011 Battle of Tripoli|destroyed in fighting]] between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces at [[Tripoli International Airport]].<ref name=ASN250811a>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110825-0 |title=5A-IAY Hull-loss description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=27 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=ASN250811b>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110825-1 |title=5A-DLZ Criminal occurrence description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=27 August 2011}}</ref>