Flydubai Flight 981 – A Boeing 737-8KN that crashed during a go-around due to pilot error caused by loss of situational awareness. All 62 occupants on board died. On August 3rd, 2016, an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER registered A6-EMW was operating flight EK521 from Thiruvananthapuram, India, to Dubai International Airport, the airline's main base. The flight had 300 people onboard - 18 crew members and 282 passengers. The aircraft involved first flew in March 2003 and, at the time of the accident, had accumulat...See full list on simpleflying.comAs flight EK521 approached Dubai, the flight crew received the automatic terminal information service (ATIS) information over the radio. This gave the latest meteorological report for Dubai and, crucially, included a wind shearwarning for all runways at the airport. The wind direction started to change from a headwind component of eight knots to a tailwind component at this point. The crew elected to perform a go-aroundat this point in accordance with the Emirates SOPs. At 08:37:23, the aircraft became airborne while perfor...See full list on simpleflying.comAt 08:37:38, the rear of the aircraft's fuselage impacted the runway at 125 knots, with a nose-up pitch angle and a rate of descent of 900 feet per minute. This was followed by the impact of the engines on the runway. The three landing gear sets remained in transit to their retracted position at this point. As the aircraft slid along the runway, th...See full list on simpleflying.comA full accident investigation was carried out by the General Civil Aviation Authority of UAE (GCAA), with its final report on the crash being issued in January 2020. Following its detailed investigation involving several parties, which included the aircraft and engine manufacturers, the findings of the report were made public. The main causes of th...See full list on simpleflying.comAlong with the primary causes listed above, according to the investigation team from GCAA there were also a number of crucial contributory factors that led to the accident - 1. The wind shear on the final approach may have been the starting point, yet the final outcome was the result of poor cockpit management and execution of the go-around procedure by the flight crew.
