{"id":10836395,"date":"2026-08-09T16:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/habsheim-air-france-296-a320-airshow-crash-1988\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:15:15","slug":"habsheim-air-france-296-a320-airshow-crash-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/habsheim-air-france-296-a320-airshow-crash-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Habsheim: El primer accidente de un avi\u00f3n con sistema de control de vuelo electr\u00f3nico"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>On a June afternoon in 1988, in front of thousands of airshow spectators, a brand-new Airbus A320 &mdash; the most advanced airliner in the world, on its very first passenger flight &mdash; flew a slow, low pass over a small French airfield, sank gently into the trees at the far end, and caught fire. Three people died.<\/p>\r\n<p>It was the first fatal crash of a fly-by-wire airliner, and it triggered one of aviation&rsquo;s most bitter and enduring arguments &mdash; one that is really about a single question: who flies a modern jet, the pilot or the computer?<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Flight:<\/strong> Air France 296Q, a promotional airshow flypast<\/li><li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Airbus A320-111, F-GFKC &mdash; days old, first passenger flight<\/li><li><strong>Date &amp; place:<\/strong> June 26, 1988, Mulhouse-Habsheim, France<\/li><li><strong>What happened:<\/strong> low pass at ~30 ft instead of 100 ft; flew into forest<\/li><li><strong>Casualties:<\/strong> 3 of 136 aboard died<\/li><li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> first fatal fly-by-wire airliner crash<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/17wbWIq24Vk\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A showpiece flight<\/h2><p>Air France Flight 296Q was meant to be a celebration. The A320 had been delivered only days earlier, and the cabin was full of journalists and members of the public who had won their seats in a local promotion. The plan was a gentle flypast at 100 feet, landing gear down, over the little airfield at Mulhouse-Habsheim.<\/p>\r\n<p>Instead the jet came in at around 30 feet, slower than intended, heading toward a belt of forest beyond the runway that had not been marked on the chart the pilots were given.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1225655726  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/air-france-a320-f-gfkc-habsheim.jpg\" alt=\"Air France Airbus A320 F-GFKC\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">F-GFKC, the actual accident aircraft, an almost-new Airbus A320 on its first passenger flight. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Too low, too slow<\/h2><p>Realising the danger, the crew called for go-around power. But the engines were near idle and needed several seconds to spool up. The A320&rsquo;s flight-envelope protection kept the jet from stalling, yet it could not conjure thrust that was not yet there. The aircraft mushed into the treetops and settled into the woods. Most on board escaped; a woman and two children died of smoke inhalation, unable to release their seatbelts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;A combination of a very low flyover height, lower than the obstacles surrounding the airfield; a very low speed; and a late application of go-around power.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Bureau d&rsquo;Enqu\u00eates et d&rsquo;Analyses (BEA)<\/strong> &mdash; probable cause<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=268985281  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/air-france-airbus-a320-early.jpg\" alt=\"An early Air France Airbus A320\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An early Air France A320 of the same series. The type went on to become one of the best-selling airliners in history. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Pilot, or computer?<\/h2><p>The official verdict placed the blame on the crew: too low, too slow, and too late with the throttles. Captain Michel Asseline never accepted it. He argued the engines had responded too slowly and &mdash; most controversially &mdash; alleged that the flight recorders had been altered before analysis, a claim the authorities firmly rejected. He was convicted and served a sentence, and he spent decades insisting he had been made a scapegoat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;[We] had busy weekends and were not given the flight plan until the morning of the flight.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Captain Michel Asseline<\/strong> &mdash; in his defence<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SMZ8jkUY1Cc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The trust question<\/h2><p>Habsheim landed at the exact moment fly-by-wire was taking over commercial aviation. The A320 gave a computer partial authority over the controls, and the crash became a lightning rod for a deeper anxiety: how much should pilots trust the machine, and how much should the machine trust the pilots? Thousands of A320-family jets later, fly-by-wire is simply how airliners are built &mdash; but the Habsheim dispute helped shape how it is certified, explained and taught.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RW-Y_fgXVfM\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p>The footage still circulates today: a beautiful new jet, gear down, drifting into the trees in slow motion. Whatever the true cause, Habsheim was the moment the world began arguing about who really flies a modern airliner &mdash; the person, or the code.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px\">Sources: BEA accident report; Simple Flying; code7700; Wikipedia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/kegworth-air-disaster-1989-british-midland-737-wrong-engine\/\">Kegworth: The Crew Shut Down the Good Engine<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a June afternoon in 1988, in front of thousands of airshow spectators, a brand-new Airbus A320 &mdash; the most advanced airliner in the world, on its very first passenger flight &mdash; flew a slow, low pass over a small French airfield, sank gently into the trees at the far end, and caught fire. 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