MK Airlines Flight 1602

MK Airlines Flight 1602
Accident summary
The aircraft involved in the incident at Filton Airfield, England on 10 October 2004, four days prior to the accident.
Date	14 October 2004
Summary	Pilot error due to inadequate company-related management of aircraft
Site	Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada
Passengers	0
Crew	7
Fatalities	7 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Boeing 747-244B/SF
Aircraft name	(previously Waterberg)
Operator	MK Airlines (previously South African Airways)
Registration	9G-MKJ (Previously ZS-SAR)
Flight origin	Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, US
Stopover	Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada
Destination	Zaragoza Airport, Spain

MK Airlines Flight 1602 was a MK Airlines Boeing 747-200F cargo flight on a flight from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada to Zaragoza Airport, Spain. It crashed on take-off killing the crew of 7.^[1]

Incident

The jet lifted off from Halifax, but struck the ground shortly beyond the runway. Following lift-off the tail of the jet bounced twice off the tarmac near the end of the runway and separated from the plane when it hit a mound of earth 300 metres beyond the end of the runway. The plane then headed forwards in a straight line, breaking into pieces.^[2]

Rescue

Over 80 firefighters and 20 pieces of apparatus from Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency responded to the call.

Investigation

An investigation into the crash revealed that the flight crew had used the incorrect speeds and thrust setting during the take-off attempt, with incorrect take-off data being calculated when preparing the flight (incorrect V speed calculation, as the result of the crew re-using a lighter take-off weight of 240,000 kg from the aircraft's previous take-off at Bradley, instead of the correct weight of 353,000 kg). The official report blamed the company for serious non-conformances to flight and duty time, with no regulations or company rules governing maximum duty periods for loadmasters and ground engineers, resulting in increased potential for fatigue-induced errors.^[3]

MK Airlines disputed the findings, citing the fact that the cockpit voice recorder was too heavily damaged in the post-crash fire to yield any information.

References

↑ "Accident MK Airlines Flight 1602 B747 9G-MKJ - Airfleets aviation". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
↑ "Some Progress in the Halifax 747 Freighter Crash - but the recovered CVR is Useless". Retrieved 19 January 2017.
↑ "Reduced Power at Take-off and, Collision with Terrain, MK Airlines Limited, Boeing 747-244SF 9G-MKJ, Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia. Report Number A04H0004" (PDF). Canadian Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 8 September 2010. (French version)

External links

External images
Photos of the crashed airliner from AirDisaster.com
Pre-crash photos of the airliner at airliners.net

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Jan 3 Flash Airlines Flight 604
Jan 13 Uzbekistan Airways Flight 1154
Feb 10 Kish Air Flight 7170
Apr 14 Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815
Jun 8 Gabon Express Flight 221
Jun 29 Northwest Airlines Flight 327
Aug 13 Air Tahoma Flight 185
Aug 24 Russian aircraft bombings
Oct 14 Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701
Oct 14 MK Airlines Flight 1602
Oct 19 Corporate Airlines Flight 5966
Oct 24 Martinsville crash
Nov 21 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210
Nov 30 Lion Air Flight 538

Coordinates: 44°51′43.9″N 63°31′55.1″W / 44.862194°N 63.531972°W / 44.862194; -63.531972

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