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Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield is a recreational aerodrome near the town of
Habsheim Habsheim () is a Communes of France, commune in the Haut-Rhin Departments of France, department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conu ...
in
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. It is a former military base, and is now mainly used for light aircraft. The field also hosts the ''Aéro-Club des Trois Frontières'', ''Aéro-Club du Haut-Rhin'', ''Air Alsace''.


Incidents and accidents

On 26 June 1988, Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield was the site of the crash of
Air France Flight 296Q Air France Flight 296Q was a chartered flight of a new Airbus A320-111 operated by Air Charter International for Air France. On 26 June 1988, the plane crashed while making a low pass over Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield (ICAO airport code LFGB) ...
. It was the first ever crash of an
Airbus A320 The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus. The A320 was launched in March 1984, Maiden flight, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air France. The first membe ...
type aircraft. As part of an
airshow An air show (or airshow, air fair, air tattoo) is a public event where aircraft are exhibited. They often include aerobatics demonstrations, without which they are called "static air shows" with aircraft parked on the ground. The largest air ...
, the aircraft crew were briefed to do a low flypast of the airfield, which they did, but throttled up too late to avoid a forest at the end of the runway. Three passengers were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed.


See also

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References

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