India B788 at Hong Kong on Oct 20th 2018, descended to 200 feet AGL 2.6nm short of the runway
Last Update: October 10, 2019 / 21:55:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-314
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
Airport ICAO Code
VHHH
Hong Kong's Air Investigation Authority (HKAIA) released their preliminary report stating: "Before the approach to VHHH, the crew had received cautionary information from the Hong Kong arrival Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) regarding the possibility of Instrument Landing System (ILS) glideslope fluctuation. At 06:08:17 hours, the Air Traffic Control (ATC) further advised the crew of the possible glide path signal fluctuation. At 06:11:00 hours, ATC cleared the aircraft for the instrument landing system (ILS) approach for Runway 07R. During the approach, the aircraft descended rapidly, triggering a Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) alert on board the aircraft. The crew recovered the aircraft at about 200 feet above mean sea level, approximately 2.6 nautical miles from Runway 07R before performing a go around. The aircraft landed uneventfully on Runway 07R on the second approach."
The HKAIA reported the captain (ATPL, 1750 hours on type) was pilot flying, the first officer was pilot monitoring.
On Oct 10th 2019 India's DGCA reported, based on the preliminary data from Hong Kong, that it appeared "the crew was fixated with the unreliable glide slope and followed procedure contrary to the Boeing/company procedures. The Go Around was initiated at 288 ft radio altitude. Also it was observed that had they continued the approach, aircraft would have landed short of the airport." Corrective action was recommended for the crew.
Metars:
VHHH 200000Z 09017KT 9999 FEW022 26/19 Q1019 NOSIG=
VHHH 192330Z 08013KT 9999 FEW022 SCT035 25/19 Q1019 NOSIG=
VHHH 192300Z 08011KT 9999 FEW022 SCT035 24/19 Q1019 NOSIG=
VHHH 192230Z 09012KT 9999 FEW022 SCT035 24/19 Q1019 NOSIG=
VHHH 192200Z 09010KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030 24/19 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 192130Z 08014KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030 24/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 192100Z 09012KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030 24/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 192030Z 08011KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030 24/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 192000Z 08013KT 9999 FEW020 SCT030 24/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 191930Z 08013KT 9999 FEW020 SCT032 24/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 191900Z 09013KT 9999 FEW022 SCT035 24/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 191830Z 08012KT 9999 FEW022 SCT032 24/19 Q1018 NOSIG=
VHHH 191800Z 09015KT 9999 FEW022 SCT030 25/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air India
Flight number
AI-314
Departure
Delhi, India
Destination
Hong Kong, China
Aircraft Registration
VT-ANE
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B788
Airport ICAO Code
VHHH
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