Boeing 747-200 crash, Jan 24, 2005, Düsseldorf-Lohausen
Boeing 747-200 accident on January 24, 2005 near Düsseldorf-Lohausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with no fatalities. Cause: Braking action values...
- Date: January 24, 2005
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-200
- Location: Düsseldorf-Lohausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Braking action values given to the crew did not reflect the worsening snow-covered runway; contributing factors were rapidly changing weather and the lack of a reliable all-weather braking measurement method (BFU report AX001-05)
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 cargo flight landed on snow-affected runway 23L at Duesseldorf. The braking values given to the crew did not match the runway, which had deteriorated with the snowfall. The aircraft overran the runway end, struck ILS equipment and its engines 2 and 3 caught fire; all three crew evacuated safely.