A Boeing 737 aircraft worth up to £90 million was written off after a heavy landing at Exeter Airport. The plane was left leaning on one side with its fuselage bent, reports Devon Live.
A new government report into the incident in January last year says it was a result of the crew continuing their landing approach in the early hours of the morning after the aircraft had become “unstable”. The damage could have been reduced, says the report, if the co-pilot who was in control had decided to abort the landing and go around again.
She could also have handed control to the aircraft’s commander, who said in hindsight he should have gone around for another attempt at the landing. Since the landing, new rules have been introduced including only the flight’s commander landing the plane.
