Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 5 August 1956
Aircraft Type: Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA
Owner/operator: Britavia
Registration Number: G-ALDK
Location: Karachi-Drigh Road Airforce Station –
ÿ Pakistan
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 72
Component Affected: Left wind-shield wiperLeft wind-shield wiper
Category: Accident
On July 17, 2006, a Britavia Handley Page Hermes crashed in Karachi after attempting to land at the wrong airfield, Drigh Road, instead of Karachi. The aircraft undershot the runway. The probable cause was a failure of the aircraft’s left wind-shield wiper, compounded by a mistake in confusing runway 08 with runway 07.On July 17, 2006, a Britavia Handley Page Hermes crashed in Karachi after attempting to land at the wrong airfield, Drigh Road, instead of Karachi. The aircraft undershot the runway. The probable cause was a failure of the aircraft’s left wind-shield wiper, compounded by a mistake in confusing runway 08 with runway 07.
Description
The Britavia Handley Page Hermes tried to land at the wrong airfield, Drigh Road instead of Karachi, in heavy rain. The aircraft undershot the runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: “An undershooting of the runway 07 selected for landing attributable to the failure of the aircraft’s left wind-shield wiper. The secondary cause was a mistake in confusing runway 08 at PAF airfield Drigh Road, with runway 07 at Karachi Airport (the latter being the correct runway for use) when landing in meteorological conditions below those recommended as minima by the Pakistan Department of Civil Aviation.”
Primary Cause
Failure of the left wind-shield wiper on the Britavia Handley Page Hermes.Failure of the left wind-shield wiper on the Britavia Handley Page Hermes.Share on:
