The A320 wingspan as 111ft 11 inches, (thanks to the Daily Mail for that)

Wikipedia gives the aircraft lenght as 111ft 0inches, cruising speed 511 mph at 11,000m, thrust 111–120 kN; also Airbus sold 111 aircraft in 1992.

March 24 is 83rd day of the Gregorian year. 8+3=11

March 24 is the last day of the year in the some implentations of Julian calender still used in some parts of Europe.

In Imperial Rome a three-day period of mourning before the rebirth of Attis on 25 March, the date of the vernal equinox on the Julian calendar.

Attis was a Phrygian god of vegetation, and in his self-mutilation, death, and resurrection he represents the fruits of the earth, which die in winter only to rise again in
the spring.

The aircraft was probably pagan sacrifice in honor of Attis.