Video of the burning Sudanese Airbus 310 moments after landing in Khartoum. Fourteen passengers are unaccounted for, 171 survived and 29 people died inside the plane. Many were transported to local hospitals. This is just one of a number of Airbus crash incidents where the plane has had difficulty on landing.
Air France 296
1988:
First crash of a new 'Fly-By-Wire' aircraft, the Airbus A320-100 impacted trees while performing a fly-by at an airshow and burst into flames. The crew, and Air France maintenance officials, have all been sentenced to probation for manslaughter; the Captain has been imprisoned. Evidence, including photographs, has now been exposed that an Airbus official at the scene switched the Digital Flight Data Recorder before the court hearing.Read More
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