The Boeing 747-400 cargo plane came to a stop 270 m (885 ft) beyond the runway.
The pilots of a Boeing 747-400 cargo flight were stressed and fatigued, partially because of a 14.5-hour departure delay, during their approach to Halifax/Stanfield (Nova Scotia) International Airport and misinterpreted information included in the nearly two dozen notices to airmen (NOTAMs) about the airport’s runways, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) says.
The Sky Lease Cargo 747 landed with a tail wind and overran the runway, crossing a “significant drop” in terrain before stopping 270 m (885 ft) beyond the runway’s end.
The three pilots (the two pilots who were flying the 747 and an international relief pilot) all received minor injuries in the Nov. 7, 2018, accident, which destroyed the airplane. A deadheading captain, who was in the passenger area on the upper flight deck, was uninjured.
In its final report on the accident, the TSB cited 17 causes and contrib…
