Airbus A320 crash, Feb 2, 2014, Kulob
Airbus A320 accident on February 2, 2014 near Kulob, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan with no fatalities. Cause: MAK: The aircraft collided with a snow...
- Date: February 2, 2014
- Aircraft: Airbus A320
- Location: Kulob, Khatlon Province, Tajikistan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: MAK: The aircraft collided with a snow parapet while landing on a runway cleared only to 22 m wide, which destroyed the front gear leg and caused engine flameout, followed by an overrun to the right. Contributing factors were the flight operations decision to clear the landing on the unprepared runway and the aerodrome service failing to impose restrictions or record the runway condition.
East Air flight ETJ704, an Airbus A320 231 (EY 623), landed in heavy snow at Kulob, Tajikistan, on 2 February 2014 and touched down about 230 metres past the threshold. Snow berms along the partly cleared runway were ingested by both engines and struck the gear, so the nose gear was lost and the aircraft veered off the runway into snow. All occupants, about 192 people, evacuated safely. The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) found the aircraft was substantially damaged.