XL Airways Germany Flight 888T
XL Airways Germany Flight 888T (GXL888T) was an acceptance flight for an Airbus A320 on 27 November 2008. The aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, 7 km off Canet-en-Roussillon on the French coast, close to the Spanish border, killing all seven people on board.
D-AXLA, the aircraft involved in the accident
On the day of the crash, D-AXLA had been recently repainted in Air New Zealand colours, and appeared similar to this Air New Zealand Airbus A320.
Canet-en-Roussillon is a commune and town in the French department of the Pyrénées-Orientales, administrative region of Occitania.
Aerial view of the port and the sea front at Canet-en-Roussillon
Signature of mayor Basile Darbon in 1910.
The town hall.
The sea front and the beach at Canet-en-Roussillon