Airbus A320 crash, Mar 29, 2015, Halifax-Stanfield
Airbus A320 accident on March 29, 2015 near Halifax-Stanfield, Nova Scotia, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: TSB: The crew relied on the flight path...
- Date: March 29, 2015
- Aircraft: Airbus A320
- Location: Halifax-Stanfield, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: TSB: The crew relied on the flight path angle guidance mode and did not monitor altitude or distance after the final approach fix, so the aircraft drifted below the planned descent path and minimum descent altitude, with reduced visual cues and approach lighting increasing the risk.
On 29 March 2015 Air Canada flight AC624, an Airbus A320, was on a non precision approach to runway 05 at Halifax Stanfield in heavy snow when it severed power lines and struck the snow covered ground short of the runway. It bounced, slid along the runway and came to rest beyond the threshold, with 25 people injured and no fatalities, and the aircraft was written off. The TSB final report found that the crew relied on the flight path angle mode and did not monitor the descent, so the aircraft drifted below the minimum descent altitude.