Boeing 737-300 crash, Jun 15, 2006, East Midlands
Boeing 737-300 accident on June 15, 2006 near East Midlands, Leicestershire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Inadvertent autopilot...
- Date: June 15, 2006
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
- Location: East Midlands, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Inadvertent autopilot disconnection during a CAT IIIA approach, loss of situational awareness and a late go-around. Contributing factors included a non-essential company message from ATC at a critical stage and ineffective co-pilot training on calling a go-around.
A TNT Airways Boeing 737-300 freighter diverted from Liege to East Midlands because of poor weather at Stansted and was flying a CAT IIIA approach. The commander disconnected the autopilots while answering an ATC message, the aircraft drifted left and descended, and the go-around came too late to prevent contact with the grass left of the runway. The right main gear broke off, and the crew later made an emergency landing at Birmingham.