Airbus A340-300 crash, Aug 2, 2005, Toronto-Lester Bowles...
Airbus A340-300 accident on August 2, 2005 near Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson, Ontario, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: The crew landed in a severe...
- Date: August 2, 2005
- Aircraft: Airbus A340-300
- Location: Toronto-Lester Bowles Pearson, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew landed in a severe thunderstorm with a shifting tailwind and a water-contaminated runway. The aircraft floated and touched down late, the landing distance was not calculated, and reverse thrust was applied late, so it overran the runway.
Air France Flight 358, an A340-313 from Paris, landed at Toronto in a severe thunderstorm and overran the end of Runway 24L at about 80 knots into a ravine, where it caught fire. All occupants evacuated before the fire reached the exits, but 12 people were seriously injured. The TSB found the landing was made in a rapidly changing storm on a water-contaminated runway.