Lufthansa CityLine Flight 5634

On January 6, 1993, Lufthansa Cityline Flight 5634 departed Bremen Airport for Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport at 17:30. Operating the flight was a Dash 8-311, registered D-BEAT with 23 passengers and crew.

When Flight 5634 was nearing Paris, a Korean Air Boeing 747 scraped an engine pod on landing, causing controllers to close the runway briefly. The pilots were notified to change course to another runway. While in clouds and heavy fog on short final the airliner entered a high sink rate and crashed into the ground tail-first. The aircraft broke into two parts, but there was no fire. The crash killed 4 passengers, and 19 further were injured in the accident

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A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 passenger plane, D-BEAT, was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), France. Four passengers were killed in the accident.

Flight LH5634 had departed Bremen Airport (BRE), Germany at 17:55 carrying 19 passengers and four crew members. During the descent towards Paris-Charles de Gaulle, runways 27 and 28 were in use.

The approach controller gave instructions for a runway 27 approach. The runway 27 ILS course was intercepted at 19:14, when 14 NM from the runway threshold.

The local/north controller then cleared the flight for a runway 27 approach. At the same time a preceding Korean Air Boeing 747 contacted the runway with its no. 1 engine. The ATC supervisor decided to close the runway for inspection. The local controller then contacted flight LH5634 and instructed them turn left to intercept the runway 28 ILS course and contact the local/south controller.

The crew contacted the local/south controller and reported at 1,5 NM from the runway. They did not see the runway yet because they were flying through clouds.

The aircraft entered a high sink rate and flew into the ground 1800 m short of the runway.