Final Report B738 (VQ-BJI), Sochi Russia, 1 Sep 2018

Final Report B738 (VQ-BJI), Sochi Russia, 1 Sep 2018

Publication info
Author
IAC-MAK
Category
Human Factors Runway Excursion Weather
Date of publication
12/12/2019

On 1 September 2018, a Boeing 737-800, making its second night approach to Sochi beneath a large convective storm with low level windshear reported, floated almost halfway along the wet runway before overrunning it by approximately 400 metres and breaching the perimeter fence before stopping. A small fire did not prevent all occupants from safely evacuating. The Investigation attributed the accident to crew disregard of a number of windshear warnings and a subsequent encounter with horizontal windshear resulting in a late touchdown and noted that the first approach had meant that the crew had been poorly prepared for the second.

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