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News Focus P

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ussian analysis has highlight-

ed 56 landing incidents over

25 years involving large transport

aircraft, with more than a third

occurring in adverse weather.

The analysis accompanies pre-

liminary information on Janu-

ary’s crash of a Turkish Boeing

747-400F at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,

as the freighter attempted to land

at Manas airport in freezing fog.

Russian federal air transport

regulator Rosaviatsia says 93% of

the events charted between 1991

and 2016 resulted in the aircraft

rolling beyond the runway, and

37.5% happened in poor weather.

Six of the 56 events examined

were classified as accidents, two

of which were catastrophic, and

the total included nine serious

incidents. It states that such

events typically involve high ap-

proach speeds, incorrect esti-

mates of aircraft altitude and dy-

namics, and failure to carry out a

go-around in adequate time.

Four events last year centred

on landings and subsequent roll-

ing off the runway, Rosaviatsia

says, involving 737s of Nordavia

and Nordwind, an Azur Air 757,

and a Pskovavia Antonov An-24.

Meanwhile, preliminary infor-

mation indicates the 747-400F

which crashed at Bishkek had

been too high on the approach

and overflew the runway at

Manas airport before crashing

into a village beyond its far end.

Rosaviatsia says the aircraft

had been “far above” the expect-

ed height as it reached the thresh-

old of runway 26. It “landed”

900m (2,950ft) beyond the

threshold of the opposite-direc-

tion runway 08, continuing into

the village 1km from the runway

end. There were 39 fatalities, in-

cluding four crew members. ■

SAFETY DAVID KAMINSKI-MORROW LONDON

Study finds pattern in landing incidents

Analysis by Russian regulator highlights series of runway excursions by large cargo aircraft, many during poor weather

Rosaviatsia says the 747-400F was too high on approach to Bishkek

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