Air Dash 8-300 (registered D-BEAT), crashed short of the runway of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Four out of the 23 passengers on board died; the four crew members survived. The accident happened as a result of a failed go-around, which had become necessary because the aircraft ahead, a Boeing 747 of Korean Air, had suffered a blown tyre upon landing and the runway had subsequently been closed. On 14 September 2009, Lufthansa Flight 288 from Berlin to Stuttgart, which was operated by a Contact Air Fokker 100 registered D-AFKE, made an emergency landing at Stuttgart Airport at 10:47 local time due to undercarriage failure. There were no injuries amongst the five crew members and 73 passengers on board. In the media coverage following the accident, Contact Air was criticised for operating ageing Fokker 100 aircraft, some of which previously had belonged to an airline that had been banned from European airspace over safety concerns. One of Contact Air's former Fokker 100 aircraft crashed in Kazakhstan as Bek Air Flight 2100 on December 27, 2019, killing 12. References External links Contact Air (Archive) Defunct airlines of Germany European Regions Airline Association Airlines established in 1974 Airlines disestablished in 2012 1974 establishments in West Germany Lufthansa Companies based in Stuttgart German companies established in 1974 German companies disestablished in 2012