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Luxair Flight 9642 was a flight from Tempelhof International Airport, Berlin, Germany, to Luxembourg-Findel, Niederanven, Luxembourg, near Luxembourg City.

On 6 November 2002, LX-LGB, a Fokker F50 aircraft on the route crashed and burned on final approach to the airport about 6 nautical miles (11 km) short of the runway while trying to land in the fog. 20 out of 22 passengers and crew perished.

Lufthansa had a codeshare on the flight as LH2420.^[1] The accident was the first fatal accident in Luxair's history.^[2]

Cause of crash

The cause of the crash was determined to be crew error caused by aborting a "go-around" after being informed by tower of an increase in visibility. A series of non-standard actions resulted in severe loss of airspeed, due to the propeller blades being accidentally switched into reverse position, and subsequent impact short of the runway. Contributing to the accident were errors concerning the implementation of a security recommendation which had been made by the manufacturer to Fokker 50 operators. Also this warning was not adequately communicated to the flight crews of Luxair.

Passengers

Artist Michel Majerus died on the flight.^[3]

Nationalities of passengers and crew

^[4][5]

Nationality	Passengers		Crew		Total
	Total	Killed	Total	Killed	Total	Killed
France	2	1	0	0	2	1
Germany	15	15	0	0	15	15
Luxembourg	2	2	3	2	5	4
Total	18	19	3	2	22	20

See also

• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners

References

External links

• AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT LG9642/LH2420 - Luxair
  • Namelist of persons that died in aircraft accident 06.11.02
• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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