Editing Airbus A300 (section)

=== 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>