FedEx Express Flight 80
FedEx Express Flight 80 was a scheduled cargo flight from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in the People's Republic of China, to Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture (near Tokyo), Japan. On March 23, 2009, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F (N526FE) operating the flight crashed at 6:48 am JST (21:48 UTC, March 22), while attempting a landing on Runway 34L in gusty wind conditions. The aircraft became destabilized at flare and touchdown resulting in an unrecovered "bounced" landing with structural failure of the landing gear and airframe, and came to rest off the runway, inverted, and burning fiercely. The captain and first officer, the jet's only occupants, were both killed.
The wreckage of FedEx 80 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 23, 2009 |
| Summary | Crashed on hard landing due to bounced landing caused by pilot fatigue |
| Site | Narita International Airport, Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan 35°45′35″N 140°22′40″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-11F |
| Operator | FedEx Express |
| IATA flight No. | FX80 |
| ICAO flight No. | FDX80 |
| Call sign | FEDEX 80 |
| Registration | N526FE |
| Flight origin | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, China |
| Destination | Narita International Airport, Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupants | 2 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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