Safety

Rising tailwind during flare preceded Emerald ATR 72 hard landing: inquiry

By 2024-03-14T10:41:00

Emerald ATR 72-c-Emerald Airlines

Source: Emerald Airlines

UK investigators believe an increasing tailwind resulted in an Emerald Airlines ATR 72-600’s losing airspeed as it crossed a Liverpool runway threshold in heavy rain, causing the turboprop to make a hard landing.

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