So let's see, an ATR-72 approachs to an "only VFR" airport (no NDB or GPS approaches available either) at about midnight, touches down on a soy field 1000ft short of the runway and runs for 100ft before going airborn again, taking out a fence with concrete pylons during the go=around and receiving substantial damage to the fuselage, both propellers and landing gear. They landed without further incident after the second approach and nobody was injured.
Now, if this was not bad enough, the real reason why you don't want to fly this airline is for the (lack of) seriousness that they take regarding this serious incident:
And, by the way, the local secretary of transport need to look for a job that better fits his experience, knowledge and attitude: flipping burgers.
So, we don't have many new users in this forum, but just in case let me explain:
I don't know why, but something VERY serious must have happened here, like:
- The crew violating the VFR restrictions and making an approach without the runway in sight, or
- A strong low level wind shear that caused a loss of speed or/and descent that could not be arrested by the crew, or
- A simple "Asiana/Turkish-like" pilot severe screw-up, or
- Others?
In any event, what caused this accident (because it is an accident, not an incident) was very very serious, and the consequences of the accident were limited just to airplane damage because of sheer dumb luck than anything else. We could be perfectly counting bodies now and finding just bodies and parts of bodies with no survivors (the damage to the fuselage was in a zone with critical systems like the rudder pedals and linkage, and the captain himself.
The lightness of the declarations minimizing the case are more worrying than the event itself. I would much prefer the airline saying something like "An airplane landed short of the runway in bad weather, hit a perimeter fence and went around, subsequently landing safely after a second approach. Nobody was injured but we are taking this significant incident very seriously and we are starting our own internal full-blown investigation and will give all our support to the authorities that will make the official investigation". Then I might think that the airline, perhaps, is concerned about safety after all.
Now, if this was not bad enough, the real reason why you don't want to fly this airline is for the (lack of) seriousness that they take regarding this serious incident:
The airline stated that due to weather the aircraft needed to go around following a first touch down at 00:23L (03:23Z). The aircraft positioned for another approach and landed safely on the second approach. The passengers disembarked normally.
The Secretary of Transport and Traffic of Rondonopolis stated, the incident didn't have any gravity, the plane landed safely and normally some time later.
I don't know why, but something VERY serious must have happened here, like:
- The crew violating the VFR restrictions and making an approach without the runway in sight, or
- A strong low level wind shear that caused a loss of speed or/and descent that could not be arrested by the crew, or
- A simple "Asiana/Turkish-like" pilot severe screw-up, or
- Others?
In any event, what caused this accident (because it is an accident, not an incident) was very very serious, and the consequences of the accident were limited just to airplane damage because of sheer dumb luck than anything else. We could be perfectly counting bodies now and finding just bodies and parts of bodies with no survivors (the damage to the fuselage was in a zone with critical systems like the rudder pedals and linkage, and the captain himself.
The lightness of the declarations minimizing the case are more worrying than the event itself. I would much prefer the airline saying something like "An airplane landed short of the runway in bad weather, hit a perimeter fence and went around, subsequently landing safely after a second approach. Nobody was injured but we are taking this significant incident very seriously and we are starting our own internal full-blown investigation and will give all our support to the authorities that will make the official investigation". Then I might think that the airline, perhaps, is concerned about safety after all.
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