Editing ATR 42 (section)

== Accidents and incidents ==

The ATR 42 has been involved in 47 [[aviation accidents and incidents]] including 34 [[hull loss]]es.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/ATR-42/index |title= Aérospatiale/Aeritalia ATR-42 |publisher= Flight Safety Foundation |date= 20 July 2019}}</ref>
Those resulted in {{#expr:273+1+2}} fatalities.<ref name=ASNstats>{{cite web |url= https://aviation-safety.net/database/types/ATR-42/statistics |title= ATR-42 Statistics |publisher= Flight Safety Foundation |date= 28 June 2018}}</ref>

'''<big>Non-Fatal incidents</big>'''

On 27 January 2009, '''[[Empire Airlines Flight 8284]]''' from [[Fort Worth Alliance Airport]] to [[Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport]], Texas, it crashed on final approach to its destination. Both crew members survived with minor injuries but the aircraft was [[Hull loss|written off]].

On 4 April 2016, [[TransNusa]] PK-TNJ, [[2016 Halim Airport runway collision|collided]] during its take-off roll with a [[Batik Air]] Flight 7703, a [[Boeing 737-800]], causing fire on 737. All 4 occupants on board ATR-42 survived with 56 occupants on board 737, but ATR-42 was written off.

=== With fatalities ===

* On 15 October 1987, [[Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460]], an (ATI) ATR 42-312, crashed on [[Conca di Crezzo]], Italy during flight from [[Milan]]-Linate to [[Cologne Bonn Airport]], [[Germany]]. All 37 on board died. Icing conditions existed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19871015-0&lang=en|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR-42-312 I-ATRH Conca di Crezzo|author=Harro Ranter|date=15 October 1987|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref>
* On 21 August 1994, [[Royal Air Maroc Flight 630]], an ATR 42-312, crashed into the [[Atlas Mountains]], killing all 44 people on board. It was claimed the pilot deliberately disengaged the autopilot and crashed the aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident ATR 42-312 CN-CDT, Sunday 21 August 1994 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/324913 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* On 30 July 1997, [[Air Littoral Flight 701]], an ATR 42-500, overran runway 23 at [[Peretola Airport]] in Italy after a flight from [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport]] in France. One of the crew was killed out of the 3 crew and 14 passengers. The aircraft was written off in the accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970730-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR-42-512 F-GPYE Florence-Peretola Airport (FLR)|author=Harro Ranter|date=30 July 1997|work=aviation-safety.net|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>
* On 11 October 1999, an [[1999 Air Botswana incident|Air Botswana captain boarded an ATR 42-320 aircraft]] at Gaborone Airport and took off. Once in the air, he asked by radio to speak to President [[Festus Mogae]] (who was outside the country at the time), Air Botswana's general manager and others. In spite of all attempts to persuade him to land and discuss his grievances, he stated he was going to crash into aircraft parked on the airport apron. After a flying time of about two hours, he performed two loops and then crashed at {{convert|200|knots}} into Air Botswana's two other ATR 42s parked on the apron. The captain was killed, but there were no other casualties. He had been grounded on medical reasons, refused reinstatement, and regrounded until February 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991011-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR-42-320 A2-ABB Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE)|author=Harro Ranter|date=11 October 1999|work=aviation-safety.net|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>
* On 12 November 1999, [[Si Fly Flight 3275]], an ATR 42-312 registration F-OHFV, was on a flight from [[Rome Ciampino Airport]] in Italy to [[Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari]] in [[Kosovo]], operating on behalf of the UN. The aircraft crashed into a hill near [[Mitrovica, Kosovo]] as it was making a turn to the left. The accident killed all 24 passengers and crew on board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991112-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR-42-312 F-OHFV Mitrovica|author=Harro Ranter|date=12 November 1999|work=aviation-safety.net|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>
* On 14 September 2002, [[Total Linhas Aereas Flight 5561]] an ATR 42-312 registration PT-MTS on a cargo flight between [[São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport|São Paulo-Guarulhos]] and [[Londrina Airport|Londrina]] crashed while en route near [[Paranapanema]]. The crew of two died.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20020914-0 | title=Accident description PT-MTS | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=23 July 2011}}</ref>
* On 21 February 2008, [[Santa Barbara Airlines Flight 518]], an ATR 42-300, crashed in the [[Andes]] near [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]], Venezuela, during a flight from Mérida to [[Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)|Simon Bolivar International Airport]] in [[Caracas]]. The aircraft was carrying 43 passengers and 3 crew. All died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080221-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR-42-300 YV1449 Mrida-A Carnevalli Airport (MRD)|author=Harro Ranter|date=21 February 2008|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref>
<!-- [[File:2010 Conviasa ATR-42 crash.jpg|thumb|Conviasa Flight 2350 crash site]] -->
* On 13 September 2010, [[Conviasa Flight 2350]], an ATR 42-320, crashed {{convert|10|km|mi}} west of [[Manuel Carlos Piar Guayana Airport]], [[Ciudad Guayana]], Venezuela, on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from [[Del Caribe "Santiago Mariño" International Airport]], [[Porlamar]], [[Isla Margarita]].<ref name=BBC11289500>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11289500 |title=Plane crashes in eastern Venezuela |work=BBC News Online |access-date=13 September 2010 |date=14 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914042744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11289500| archive-date= 14 September 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Of 51 passengers and crew on board, 34 survived the accident while 17 died.
[[File:Crash site of Trigana Air Service 267.jpg|thumb|Trigana Air Service 267 crash site]]
* On 16 August 2015, ATR 42-300 PK-YRN [[Trigana Air Service Flight 267]] from [[Jayapura]]'s [[Sentani Airport]] to [[Oksibil]] lost contact with air traffic control over the mountains in [[Irian Jaya]] (West Papua). The aircraft's wreckage was found by villagers in the Bintang highlands region of Oksibil. Local residents reported that they saw the plane crash into the mountain side. Stormy weather was cited as a possible cause of the crash. All 54 passengers and crew on board the flight died, making this crash the deadliest involving an ATR 42.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Indonesia passenger plane wreckage found in remote Papua – BBC News| work=BBC News |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33951854|date = 17 August 2015}}</ref>
* On 7 December 2016, [[PIA Flight 661]] ATR 42-500 with registration AP-BHO crashed in Havelian in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing all 47 on board.<ref>{{cite news|title=PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad, all passengers feared dead|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/170426-PIA-plane-crashed-near-Abbottabad|access-date=7 December 2016|publisher=The News}}</ref> Flight 661 was en route from the town of [[Chitral]] to Pakistani capital of [[Islamabad]] when it crashed into a mountain.<ref>{{cite news|title='No survivors' after plane carrying more than 40 people, including Pakistani pop star, crashes near Islamabad|access-date=8 December 2016|url=http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/12/07/23/25/pakistani-plane-with-more-than-40-people-aboard-crashes-in-north|newspaper=news.com.au|date=8 December 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208012428/http://www.9news.com.au/World/2016/12/07/23/25/Pakistani-plane-with-more-than-40-people-aboard-crashes-in-north|archive-date=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/170426-PIA-plane-crashed-near-Abbottabad|title=PIA plane crashes near Abbottabad, all 47 people on board killed|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>
* On 13 December 2017, [[West Wind Aviation Flight 280]], an ATR 42-320, carrying 22 passengers and three crew members crashed near [[Fond-du-Lac]], Saskatchewan, shortly after takeoff from [[Fond-du-Lac Airport]];<ref name="westwind1">{{cite web | url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/plane-carrying-25-people-crash-northern-sask-1.4447787 | title = Plane carrying 25 people crashes near northern Saskatchewan airport | work = CBC News | date = 13 December 2017 }}</ref> no fatalities were reported at the scene,<ref name="westwind2">{{cite web | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/plane-crashes-in-northern-saskatchewan-with-25-people-on-board-no-fatalities-reported/article37323772/ | title = Plane crashes in northern Saskatchewan with 25 people on board, no fatalities reported | work = Globe and Mail | date = 13 December 2017 }}</ref> but one of the injured victims died on 25 December.<ref name=ASN131217>{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20171213-0 |title=C-GWEA accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> The carrier temporarily grounded its remaining ATR fleet.<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/west-wind-grounds-atrs-as-canadian-crash-probe-begin-444267/ |title= West Wind grounds ATRs as Canadian crash probe begins |date= 18 December 2017 |author= David Kaminski-Morrow |work= Flightglobal}}</ref> On 22 December, after identifying deficiencies in its Operational Control System, [[Transport Canada]] suspended the [[Air Operator Certificate]] of West Wind Aviation.<ref>{{cite press release |url= https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2017/12/transport_canadasuspendswestwindaviationsairoperatorcertificate.html |title= Transport Canada suspends West Wind Aviation's Air Operator Certificate |publisher= Transport Canada |date= 22 December 2017}}</ref><!-- news: https://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAKBN1EH01U-OCADN -->
* On 6 November 2022, around 8:50 local time, [[Precision Air Flight 494]], an ATR 42-500 carrying 39 passengers and four crew members, crashed in [[Lake Victoria]] in [[Tanzania]] while approaching [[Bukoba Airport]], resulting in 19 fatalities. It is suggested that bad weather might have been a factor into the crash. The two pilots were amongst the fatalities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/africa/tanzania-plane-crash-intl |title=19 dead after commercial aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania |date=6 November 2022| first1=Idris |last1=Mukhtar |first2=Lauren |last2=Said-Moorhouse |first3=Larry |last3=Madowo |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/precision-air-plane-crashes-into-lake-victoria-tanzania-state-media-2022-11-06/|title=Passenger plane crash-lands into Lake Victoria in Tanzania| first=Nuzulack |last=Dausen |date=6 November 2022| work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63532896 | title=Tanzanian Precision Air plane crashes into Lake Victoria |first1=Athuman |last1=Mtulya |first2=Alfred |last2=Lasteck  |date=6 November 2022| work=[[BBC]] |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>