Overrun Accident Traced to Pilot Fatigue, Other Factors

A confluence of errors and misfortune characterizes the accident report from Transport Canada on a Boeing 737-800 operated by low-cost Canadian operator Flair Airlines. There were no injuries among the 140 on board after the aircraft departed the runway on landing at Waterloo Airport (CYKF) on November 25, 2022. It started with the captain (who was the pilot flying) having accrued significant sleep debt over the week before the flight, which began late on November 24 as an overnight “red-eye” trip.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/tired-pilot-a-factor-in-2022-overrun-incident

Hey, Mark. Pretty sure CYVR is Vancouver vs. Kitchener. A flight from Waterloo to Kitchener would be a pretty short one.

YKF is Kitchener/Waterloo airport, aka “Region of Waterloo International Airport”.

The flight crew operated from YKF to YVR, then operated the return leg to YKF where it ran off end of runway.

Do so-called “low-cost” airlines not have crew rest requirements?

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