Boeing 737-400 crash, Aug 5, 2016, Bergamo-Orio al Serio
Boeing 737-400 accident on August 5, 2016 near Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Lombardy, Italy with no fatalities. Cause: ANSV (per BAAA summary of the final...
- Date: August 5, 2016
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-400
- Location: Bergamo-Orio al Serio, Lombardy, Italy
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: ANSV (per BAAA summary of the final report): loss of situational awareness about the aircraft position relative to the runway delayed touchdown until the aircraft was too fast and too far down the runway to stop. Contributing were the commander's decision not to go around, failure to disconnect the autothrottle and the first officer's limited challenge of that decision.
A DHL cargo flight QY7332 operated by ASL Airlines on a Boeing 737 400 from Paris CDG crossed the threshold at 156 knots at night in thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong wind. It touched down about 2,000 metres past the threshold of runway 28, went through the perimeter fence, lost its undercarriage and both engines and stopped on a motorway about 520 metres beyond the runway end. Both crew evacuated safely and the aircraft was destroyed; the Italian ANSV attributed the overrun mainly to the crew's loss of situational awareness and the commander's decision not to go around.