ddavid 149 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 A B737 out of Bogota, landed short of the runway of San Andres airport, an island in the Caribbean. The plane, carrying 121 passengers and six crew members, was about 80 metres from the San Andres island runway when a suspected lightning strike caused it to land short and slide onto the runway, crumpling the fuselage. The sole fatality, Amar Fernandez de Barreto, 68, died of a suspected heart attack on the way to hospital. More info here Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 The crash post-mortem on this one is going to be interesting. I think there's as much chance it was wind shear/microburst as there is that the crash was lightning-induced. It appears there was a monster storm cell in the area, so either or both phenomena are credible. John Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Shame about the 1 fatality but it could have been a lot worse. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 How abot this, from an 'expert': There have been at least two other similar 737 Next Generation (-600 through -900) accidents where the fuselage has broken into three pieces. In Feb 2009 a Turkish Airlines had a hard landing in Amsterdam (killing 9) and in Dec 2009 an American Airlines broke into three pieces in Jamaica after running off the runway. There is also an on-going law suit against Boeing regarding nonconforming structural components in this series of aircraft. Additionally, there is suspicion that the Kenya Airlines crash in Cameroon (May 2007) and the Ethiopian crash in Lebanon (Jan 2010) are also related to these known structural issues in the Boeing 737 NG. All national aviation authorities should be advised of known nonconformities in the primary structures of Boeing 737 NG aircraft, so that their independent investigations may draw accurate conclusions. The plot thickens....... Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 It's great news that only 1 died (in context of a possibly 160-odd deaths, but still one death is bad) Who is this 'expert' then Dai? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 It seems to me that if you slam an aircraft into the ground short of the runway you have to expect some structural consequences. We Link to post Share on other sites
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