Accident: Mauritania B737 at Conakry on Jul 28th 2010, overran runway [UPDATE]

30.07.2010 - 10:07

A Mauritania Airways Boeing 737-700, flight YD-620 (dep Jul 27th) from Dakar (Senegal) to Conakry (Guinea) with 91 passengers and 6 crew, overran Conakry s runway 06 while landing at the airport in heavy rain and tailwind at approximately 01:30L (01:30Z). The airplane broke through the localizer antenna and came to a stand still about 130 meters past the end of paved surface. 10 occupants received minor injuries. The airport said, the airplane touched down at about the mid point of the runway in strong tailwind before rolling past the end of the runway. At the time of landing there was heavy rain. Passengers reported, that the approach had been turbulent, the landing however looked normal until the airplane ran past the end of the runway. There was no announcement by the cockpit crew after the airplane came to a stand still, so that cabin crew did not take any action for a considerable time until passengers started to call for action. Metars: GUCY 281000Z 22008KT 9999 BKN013 BKN110 26/25 Q1013 NOSIG GUCY 280900Z 21010KT 9999 BKN013 BKN110 26/25 Q1013 NSG GUCY 280800Z 21012KT 9999 BKN013 BKN110 26/25 Q1012 RETSRA GUCY 272300Z 06004KT 9999 SCT015 BKN110 26/25 Q1012 NSG GUCY 272200Z 27004KT 9999 SCT015 BKN110 26/25 Q1010 NSG GUCY 272100Z 24006KT 9999 BKN015 BKN110 26/25 Q1011 NOSIG Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBee49c5 Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login