Aviation News 'AviaN'
February 15, 2025 at 04:46 PM
*Flair 737 overrun: Fatigued captain pressed go-around switch instead of autothrottle disconnect*
Canadian investigators have found that a Boeing 737-800 overran at Kitchener Waterloo airport after its fatigued captain inadvertently allowed thrust to increase on one engine as the other was reversing thrust after touchdown.
The Flair Airlines aircraft – inbound from Vancouver in the early morning hours of 25 November 2022 – had been conducting an ILS approach to Kitchener’s runway 26.
It had been dispatched under minimum equipment rules with the thrust-reverser of its left-hand engine inoperative. The reverser was stowed and locked in position.
https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/flair-737-overrun-fatigued-captain-pressed-go-around-switch-instead-of-autothrottle-disconnect/161810.article