Overview
On 27 November 2008, an aircraft on a post-maintenance test flight operating as XL Airways Germany Flight 888T crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of France, killing all seven people on board. The investigators determined that improper maintenance work allowed water to enter the aircraft's angle of attack (AOA) sensors. The water then froze during flight, causing the sensors to stop working. The crew tried to test the stall warning system during flight, and the aircraft entered a low-speed stall.
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13 - 1Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548) December 16, 2013 -
13 - 2Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90) December 23, 2013 -
13 - 3Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706) December 30, 2013 -
13 - 4Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587) January 06, 2014 -
13 - 5Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498) January 13, 2014 -
13 - 6Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870) January 20, 2014 -
13 - 7Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121) January 27, 2014 -
13 - 8Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T) February 03, 2014 -
13 - 9Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42) February 10, 2014 -
13 - 10Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32) February 17, 2014