The pilots of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 continued an approach to Burbank, California, U.S., despite an 11-kt tail wind and reports of wind shear, and then were unable to stop the 737 before rolling into the engineered materials arresting system (EMAS)1 at the runway’s end, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.
Accident/Incident Investigation, News, Runway Safety
‘Inappropriate’
The NTSB faulted the 737 crew’s decision to land on a short runway with a tail wind in conditions conducive to wind shear.