EVA B773 at San Francisco on Jul 23rd 2013, descended below safe height

Last Update: July 25, 2013 / 18:05:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eva Air

Flight number
BR-28

Aircraft Registration
B-16701

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An EVA Airways Boeing 777-300, registration B-16701 performing flight BR-28 from Taipei (Taiwan) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was on final approach to San Francisco's 28L being cleared to land when the aircraft descended to about 600 feet about 3.8nm before the runway threshold (about 600 feet below glidepath, remaining glidepath angle 1.5 degrees instead of 3 degrees), tower warned the aircraft "climb immediately, altitude alert, altimeter 29.97", the crew initiated a go-around and positioned for another approach, that concluded in a safe landing about 13 minutes later.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Eva Air

Flight number
BR-28

Aircraft Registration
B-16701

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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