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Plane landed too fast, report finds
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CanWest News Service
Published: Wednesday, December 05, 2007
An Air France plane that crashed at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport in 2005 came in too fast and landed almost halfway down the runway, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said yesterday.
The board will release its final investigation report into the crash in Toronto next Wednesday.
"The aircraft approached Toronto in a severe and rapidly changing thunderstorm with shifting winds and limited visibility.
This article in National Post may require a subscription, so here is a tidbit...
CanWest News Service
Published: Wednesday, December 05, 2007
An Air France plane that crashed at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport in 2005 came in too fast and landed almost halfway down the runway, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said yesterday.
The board will release its final investigation report into the crash in Toronto next Wednesday.
"The aircraft approached Toronto in a severe and rapidly changing thunderstorm with shifting winds and limited visibility.
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According to my source at Air France, it was mentioned on descent with the Tstorms around that that's why they get the big bucks. On short final they said it was like flying through Niagara Falls.
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Dushan,
It will be appreciated by a lot of blokes here if you paste the link when the report comes out. I have heard rumors that Airbus will introduce a major change to SOPs related to use of autothrust.
Thanks
It will be appreciated by a lot of blokes here if you paste the link when the report comes out. I have heard rumors that Airbus will introduce a major change to SOPs related to use of autothrust.
Thanks
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I'd imagine TSBC will place the report on their website pretty quickly; that would avoid getting a second-hand version via a newspaper.
this is the current list of reports for 2005. You'll see the AF358 accident currently has a preliminary entry (as of Nov 05) about 8 entries down, which is where I'd expect the final report to show up when released.
this is the current list of reports for 2005. You'll see the AF358 accident currently has a preliminary entry (as of Nov 05) about 8 entries down, which is where I'd expect the final report to show up when released.
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On short final they said it was like flying through Niagara Falls.
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I'm not sure what SLF means, but if you were on this flight, perhaps an account of your experience would be quite interesting from what you saw to what was said by flightdeck or cabin crew or any other observations you had.
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Plane landed too fast, report finds
Air France Crash; S kidded off runway near Highway 401
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An Air France plane that crashed at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport in 2005 came in too fast and landed almost halfway down the runway, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said yesterday.
The board will release its final investigation report into the crash in Toronto next Wednesday.
"The aircraft approached Toronto in a severe and rapidly changing thunderstorm with shifting winds and limited visibility.
"It came in too high and too fast and touched down almost halfway down the 9,000-foot runway," the board said in a statement released yesterday.
"A combination of a wet and slippery runway and crosswinds meant the aircraft simply ran out of room."
The plane crashed on Aug. 2, 2005 with 297 passengers and 12 crew members on board. All survived after the plane skidded off the end of the runway and into a ravine near Highway 401.
One official said it was "a miracle" there were no deaths. Nine passengers and two crew members suffered serious injuries.
An interim report, released by the Transportation Safety Board in November, 2005, found no mechanical defects on the Airbus 340.
Information gathered by investigators in the interim report found the plane had almost no chance of stopping amid a sudden gust of wind and a line of fierce squalls that struck it just above a rain-slicked runway in the last few minutes before landing.
As the massive jet came in -- higher and faster than usual, the interim report said -- it was hit by sheets of rain, which significantly reduced the crew's forward visibility.
And, according to the digital flight recorder, at almost exactly the same time, the wind shifted, "causing a tailwind component of approximately five knots."
Meanwhile, the storm had left the runway "contaminated with at least ¼ inch of standing water."
The interim report also found the Air France jet landed about halfway down the runway.
Shortly after the crash, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, the chief executive of Air France, reportedly blamed airport authorities for allowing the plane to land in bad weather.
The interim report indicates air traffic controllers were aware of traction problems on the runway used by Air France Flight 358 and informed the pilot.
At least 107 passengers have joined a class-action suit against Air France, Toronto airport authorities, the control tower staff, Airbus, Goodrich, which built the jet's escape chutes, and the two pilots, seeking damages of more than $150-million.
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An Air France plane that crashed at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport in 2005 came in too fast and landed almost halfway down the runway, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said yesterday.
The board will release its final investigation report into the crash in Toronto next Wednesday.
"The aircraft approached Toronto in a severe and rapidly changing thunderstorm with shifting winds and limited visibility.
"It came in too high and too fast and touched down almost halfway down the 9,000-foot runway," the board said in a statement released yesterday.
"A combination of a wet and slippery runway and crosswinds meant the aircraft simply ran out of room."
The plane crashed on Aug. 2, 2005 with 297 passengers and 12 crew members on board. All survived after the plane skidded off the end of the runway and into a ravine near Highway 401.
One official said it was "a miracle" there were no deaths. Nine passengers and two crew members suffered serious injuries.
An interim report, released by the Transportation Safety Board in November, 2005, found no mechanical defects on the Airbus 340.
Information gathered by investigators in the interim report found the plane had almost no chance of stopping amid a sudden gust of wind and a line of fierce squalls that struck it just above a rain-slicked runway in the last few minutes before landing.
As the massive jet came in -- higher and faster than usual, the interim report said -- it was hit by sheets of rain, which significantly reduced the crew's forward visibility.
And, according to the digital flight recorder, at almost exactly the same time, the wind shifted, "causing a tailwind component of approximately five knots."
Meanwhile, the storm had left the runway "contaminated with at least ¼ inch of standing water."
The interim report also found the Air France jet landed about halfway down the runway.
Shortly after the crash, Jean-Cyril Spinetta, the chief executive of Air France, reportedly blamed airport authorities for allowing the plane to land in bad weather.
The interim report indicates air traffic controllers were aware of traction problems on the runway used by Air France Flight 358 and informed the pilot.
At least 107 passengers have joined a class-action suit against Air France, Toronto airport authorities, the control tower staff, Airbus, Goodrich, which built the jet's escape chutes, and the two pilots, seeking damages of more than $150-million.
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Let's see, 150 million divided by 107 passengers (in the suit): $1.4m per passenger.
Let me see if I got this right. They had a good fright, but they were lucky enough to survive with just a few scrapes. Their baggage got barbecued.
The $1.4m will provide what exactly? Surely nobody had $1.4m worth of luggage roasted?
I dunno about other folks but if I survived an airliner crash where the aircraft literally burned to ashes, with, at best, minor injuries, well, heck that would be a big enough prize for me... hell, screw the luggage, kiss the earth like the Pope, and be thankful!
Beech
Let me see if I got this right. They had a good fright, but they were lucky enough to survive with just a few scrapes. Their baggage got barbecued.
The $1.4m will provide what exactly? Surely nobody had $1.4m worth of luggage roasted?
I dunno about other folks but if I survived an airliner crash where the aircraft literally burned to ashes, with, at best, minor injuries, well, heck that would be a big enough prize for me... hell, screw the luggage, kiss the earth like the Pope, and be thankful!
Beech
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You're right. Punched up the calculator wrong and wasn't thinking. Good thing this wasn't a fuel calculation...then again we Canadians are good at messing those up.
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And my point is amplified. You want how many million for surviving nearly unscathed???
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$1.4 million each? 
Doesn't seem quite fair when you consider the soldier who had a pace stick thrown at his head is awarded £300. He was in a coma for 6 days, had a blood clot removed from his brain, his left hand is paralysed and he now walks with a limp.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...re/7120438.stm
Maybe he should follow the example in this case and sue the manufacturer of the pace stick, Staffordshire county council, Tesco (cos that's where the sergeant major shops), etc. Oh and he could sue Airbus as well, I'm sure any good solicitor could prove that there was one flying overhead when the incident took place!
Doesn't seem quite fair when you consider the soldier who had a pace stick thrown at his head is awarded £300. He was in a coma for 6 days, had a blood clot removed from his brain, his left hand is paralysed and he now walks with a limp. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...re/7120438.stm
Maybe he should follow the example in this case and sue the manufacturer of the pace stick, Staffordshire county council, Tesco (cos that's where the sergeant major shops), etc. Oh and he could sue Airbus as well, I'm sure any good solicitor could prove that there was one flying overhead when the incident took place!
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Comment to TSB
On the day of the accident, I was following the progress of the thunderstorm line on the NWS Buffalo radar. Upon leaving work at QEW and Hwy 10 (~12 km. due South of the accident runway), I heard the news of the crash as I encountered a rainfall that brought QEW traffic to a halt. It would not surprise me if this was the same cell that made trouble for AFR358.
Whether or not it was, I feel strongly that weather radar returns would constitute an important part of the investigation. While I do see mention that weather radar returns were investigated, I am disappointed that the report omitted to include them in at least the appendices. Sections 2.4.1 Adequacy of Meteorological Data and 2.4.2 Weather Information Provided by Air Traffic Control beg the question that if a qualified person at ATC had access to the meteorological radar whether timely information would have been passed on to ATC and the aircrews.
It would also be of interest to have simulated what the onboard weather radar showed on the aircraft that made approaches and/or have checked with the crews who did approach what their onboard radar displayed.
As noted in the report aircrews are used to making approaches with thunderstorms in the vicinity. Hopefully patterns on onboard radar could be identified so that aircrews could recognise when it's time to hold or divert.
Whether or not it was, I feel strongly that weather radar returns would constitute an important part of the investigation. While I do see mention that weather radar returns were investigated, I am disappointed that the report omitted to include them in at least the appendices. Sections 2.4.1 Adequacy of Meteorological Data and 2.4.2 Weather Information Provided by Air Traffic Control beg the question that if a qualified person at ATC had access to the meteorological radar whether timely information would have been passed on to ATC and the aircrews.
It would also be of interest to have simulated what the onboard weather radar showed on the aircraft that made approaches and/or have checked with the crews who did approach what their onboard radar displayed.
As noted in the report aircrews are used to making approaches with thunderstorms in the vicinity. Hopefully patterns on onboard radar could be identified so that aircrews could recognise when it's time to hold or divert.
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From: fort sheridan, il
words for the wise:
if the wx looks "iffy" at all...wait 15 minutes...if it clears, you did it to give the pax a better ride...if it gets worse, it proves that you were right to wait.
if high and fast go around and be ready for firewall power if you encounter windshear. (it is possible that if they went around, things might have been worse...look at CLT DC9 crash about a dozen years ago)
and , dear Canada, install windshear alert system...heck, your a first class country, get doppler wx radar!
if high and fast go around and be ready for firewall power if you encounter windshear. (it is possible that if they went around, things might have been worse...look at CLT DC9 crash about a dozen years ago)
and , dear Canada, install windshear alert system...heck, your a first class country, get doppler wx radar!
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and , dear Canada, install windshear alert system...heck, your a first class country, get doppler wx radar!