It Crashed Fifteen Minutes After Takeoff. The Crash of the Boeing Lauda Air Still Troubles Experts Today
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A design error at the thrust reversal and probably also serious maintenance defects by the airline Lauda Air led to the Boeing 767-3Z9ER, OE-LAV, "Mozart", crashing on 26 May 1991 and 223 people lost their lives. The misfortune is still one of the most serious disasters in the history of the Second Republic - the number of victims is even much higher than with the fire inferno in the Kapruner funicular a few years later. According to the expert …
A brand-new Boeing of the Austrian company Lauda with 223 people on board suddenly went out of control fifteen minutes after takeoff from Bangkok due to the spontaneous activation of the thrust reverser. The pilots were unable to prevent the plane from crashing. The extreme air pressure tore the plane apart while still high above the ground, and its wreckage crashed into the remote Thai jungle. Today marks 35 years since Thailand's worst air acc…
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