No fatalities

AIRBUS A380 accident at Jamaica, NY, 12 Apr 2011

Jamaica, NY, United States

On April 12, 2011, an AIRBUS A380 operated by Air France was involved in an aviation accident near Jamaica, NY. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: the A380 flight crew's inability to identify that the wingtip path of their airplane would not maintain safe clearance from the CRJ701. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 17 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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AIRBUS A380
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Probable cause

the A380 flight crew's inability to identify that the wingtip path of their airplane would not maintain safe clearance from the CRJ701. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the CRJ701 flight crew to advise ATC that they were stopped with a portion of their airplane still extending onto the taxiway.

— NTSB Determination

Contributing factors

Ability to respond/compensateFlight crewPilot of other aircraftPilot