1994 A330 Test Flight Crash
Airbus Industrie Flight 129 refers to an Airbus A330-300 that crashed on 30 June 1994 at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport while undergoing performance tests. It was the first fatal accident involving an Airbus A330 as well as the first hull-loss of the type. It remained the only fatal accident involving an A330 until the crash of Air France Flight 447 on 1 June 2009.
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