Most of the aviation accidents are caused by to human error and I believe this is one of them,on the 7th of this month sky lease cargo lost a Boeing 747 which was written off, it suffered a runway excursion after landing at Halifax International Airport, Canada.
Also the weather was not that pleasing for landing,tower controller reported wind from 260° at 16 knots, gusting to 21 and asked the flight if runway 14 was still acceptable. Runway 14 is a 2347m long asphalt runway and the 16 knot wind from 26° would translate to an 8 knot tailwind component. After receiving a confirmation, the flight was subsequently cleared to land on runway 14.
After touching down the aircraft was unable to stop on the remaining runway. It overran the end and traveled down a grassy slope. The aircraft impacted an antenna array before coming to rest about 200 meters past the end of the runway…
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I’m no pilot but 2300 meters is too short to land a Jumbo jet let alone a freight cargo Jumbo jet that is heavy under harsh windy weather.
yeah 2300(7500ft)it’s the minimum runway length for landing a b747 with 85% payload.
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I think it was some careless human errors that resulted in the crash. They are actually in the process of retiring 747s round teh world. The 747 has been there for almost 50 years , and is being phased out by airlines. possibly by 2030. 747s will be forgotten story. Even the A380 by Airbus is facing a dip in demand. Generally, the 4 engine planes might not outlive the next 2 decades.
For this, there is a possibility of differentfactorsd that might have resulted in the crash. With teh runway 14 being 2350 metres, remember on average the runway length for a 747 other factors like weather and weight held constant, is usually about 2000 metres. And oen thing, you dont touch down at the beginning of the runway, there are markings and calibrations that guide you. So am imagining that the pilot had less than 2000 metres to land.
In some airports, about 14 in the whole world, the runway is designed using special material that enables the plane to ‘sink’ upto the landing gear if the plane overshoots the runway. the material is made of a high desnity material that allows the tires to sink in hence creating drag that ultimately slows down teh plane. This helps in preventing crashes, and clearly, this airport hadnt implemented that technology.
If you are heavy, and the approach speed isnt to the bare minimums, they could have applied full throttles and taken off. This could only happen if he knew that the runway might be short. But in this case, he was misguided. However, on the flight plan, the pilot often knows all the runways on the destination airport.