Ethiopian B738 at Ndola on Apr 4th 2021, approached airport under construction and went around from 50 feet AGL
Last Update: April 5, 2021 / 12:40:39 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 4, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ethiopian Airlines
Flight number
ET-871
Departure
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Destination
Ndola, Zambia
Aircraft Registration
ET-AQP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A local pilot reported the runway has some very faint X-marks indicating the runway was still closed, the crew might have noticed the x-bars.
About 2.5 hours earlier another Ethiopian B738 landed at the airport under construction, see Incident: Ethiopian B738 at Ndola on Apr 4th 2021, landed at airport under construction.
No weather data are available for Ndola, the video however suggests the weather was clear, visibility unrestricted, with few clouds at estimated 2000 feet.
The Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport features two parallel runways, runway 10L/28R is 2515 meters/8250 feet long, runway 10R/28L 1215 meters/3980 feet long.
The Copperbelt International Airport is going to feature a runway of 3500 meters length orientation about 09/27.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 4, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ethiopian Airlines
Flight number
ET-871
Departure
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Destination
Ndola, Zambia
Aircraft Registration
ET-AQP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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