Accident Boeing 737-476 (SF) EC-MFE, Monday 25 November 2024
- ️Harro Ranter
- ️Mon Nov 25 2024
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| Date: | Monday 25 November 2024 |
| Time: | 05:28 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-476 (SF) |
| Owner/operator: | Swiftair opf DHL |
| Registration: | EC-MFE |
| MSN: | 24445/2539 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-3C1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | c. 1,3 km N of Vilnius International Airport (VNO/EYVI) -
 Lithuania
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Leipzig Airport (LEJ/EDDP) |
| Destination airport: | Vilnius Airport (VNO/EYVI) |
| Investigating agency: | TAIID |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:
DHL flight QY5960 (callsign BCS18D/Postman 18D), a Boeing 737-476 (SF), EC-MFE, was destroyed when it collided with terrain while on approach to runway 19 at Vilnius International Airport (VNO/EYVI), Lithuania.
One pilot was killed. The second pilot and two passengers survived with unspecified injuries. A residential building caught fire as well.
The Vilnius Approach controller had cleared the flight for an ILS Z approach to runway 19 and instructed the crew to descend to 2700 feet and report when established on the ILS.
At 4nm from touchdown, the flight was instructed to contact Vilnius Tower at "118.205" with the '2' being hardly readable. This was read back by the flight a "118.05". This was the last transmission from the flight.
Both Vilnius Tower and Vilnius Approach then attempted to contacted the flight without getting a response.
Preliminary ADS-B data suggests the aircraft overshot the runway centreline during the right-hand turn to final approach.
It became lined up about 1 nm past the Final Approach Point (FAP) for the ILS runway 19 approach, about 5,4 nm short of the runway threshold.
The aircraft impacted terrain about 0,8 nm short of runway 19.
At 0520LT, the Vilnius automated weather reported wind from 180° at 17 knots, ceiling overcast at 500 and 700 ft agl, temperature 1° Celsius (C), dew point -1° Celsius (C).
METAR:
Weather about the accident time (0328Z):
METAR EYVI 250250Z 17017KT 9999 OVC008 01/M01 Q1020 TEMPO OVC005
METAR EYVI 250320Z 18017KT 9999 OVC007 01/M01 Q1020 TEMPO OVC005
METAR EYVI 250350Z 18015KT 9999 OVC008 01/M00 Q1020 TEMPO OVC005
METAR EYVI 250420Z 18016KT 9999 OVC008 01/M00 Q1020 NOSIG
Sources:
https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2422090/cargo-plane-crashes-in-vilnius-one-person-killed
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/world/europe/dhl-lithuania-plane-crash.html
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=34464a&lat=54.653&lon=25.289&zoom=13.0&showTrace=2024-11-25&trackLabelsÃtamp=1732505285
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/BCS18D/history/20241125/0217Z/EDDP/EYVI
AIP, ILS Z 19 approach:
https://www.ans.lt/a1/aip/002_13Jun2024/2024-06-13-AIRAC/graphics/eAIP/6364135_EY_AD_2_EYVI_22_IAC_ILSz_RWY19_en.pdf
History of this aircraft
Ex N245SY, XU-886, N245SY, VH-TJT
Location
Images:
EC-MFE at BSL, September 2021. Photo: Olivier CABARET
Media:
ð¨ #BREAKING . DHL cargo plane crashes near Vilnius airport (Lithuania)
â United Alerts (@unitedalerts) November 25, 2024
Preliminary reports indicate it crashed near a residential building.
via . Reuters
video . DELFI pic.twitter.com/95UXKAH6BK
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