The crew consisted of 11 Turks and 2 Dominicans. It was leased again by the same lessor in July 1993 to Birgenair and then sub-leased to International Caribbean Airways in December 1994, and Birgenair operated the airliner until it crashed. It was purchased by Aeronautics Leasing in April 1992, and then leased to Canadian airline Nationair in May 1992, and stayed with the airline until its demise the following year.
After Eastern Air Lines' bankruptcy and subsequent liquidation in 1991, the aircraft was stored at the Mojave Air and Space Port for more than a year. It was powered by two Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines. The aircraft was a 11-year-old Boeing 757-225 originally delivered to Eastern Air Lines in February 1985 and registered as N516EA. Furthermore, Flight 301 is the deadliest aviation accident ever to have occurred in the Dominican Republic.
The aircraft had been sitting unused for 20 days, and without pitot tube covers in place for the preceding 2 days before the crash.įlight 301 shares the title of deadliest aviation crash involving a Boeing 757 alongside American Airlines Flight 77, both having 189 total fatalities, But in that crash, 64 were onboard that 757. The cause was pilot error after receiving incorrect airspeed information from one of the pitot tubes, which investigators believe was blocked by a wasp nest built inside it. On February 6, 1996, the Boeing 757-200 operating the route crashed shortly after take-off from Puerto Plata's Gregorio Luperón International Airport. Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canadaīirgenair Flight 301 was a flight chartered by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, Germany, via Gander, Canada, and Berlin, Germany.
Pilot error, Stalled and crashed into the sea due to flight instrument malfunction from pitot tube blockageĢ6 km (16 mi 14 nmi) NE of Gregorio Luperón International Airportġ9★4′50″N 70☂4′20″W / 19.91389°N 70.40556°W / 19.91389 -70.40556 TC-GEN, the aircraft involved in the incident
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