Douglas DC-10 crash, Jul 1, 2005, Chittagong
Douglas DC-10 accident on July 1, 2005 near Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh with no fatalities. Cause: Crew continued an unstable approach with an...
- Date: July 1, 2005
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
- Location: Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Crew continued an unstable approach with an incorrect configuration, did not follow SOPs and did not initiate a go-around while unstable on short final.
Biman Bangladesh flight BG048 from Dubai to Dhaka, with a stop in Chittagong, landed in poor weather with rain and low cloud. The aircraft was unstable on final approach but the descent was continued. After touchdown on runway 23 it drifted right, the right main gear left the paved surface and was torn off on soft ground, and the aircraft slid into grass with the number 3 engine partly sheared off. All 216 occupants evacuated and the DC-10 was written off.