Causes

Late touchdown in airline accidents

Official investigators identified late touchdown in 2 of the incidents we cover, from 1993 to 2026. Each account explains how it arose in that case. A shared topic does not mean the same cause.

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Late touchdown incident summary
DateFlightAircraftLocationFatalitiesReport status
6 September 202621 Air Flight 7598Boeing 767-33A freighterRunway 30 and airport boundary, Miami International5, all in a ground vehicleLEVEL 2 Preliminary findings
14 September 1993Lufthansa Flight 2904Airbus A320-211Warsaw Okecie, Runway 11Two fatalitiesLEVEL 3 Final report
NTSB investigators examining the wreckage field of 21 Air Flight 7598 at Miami.Actual accident scene photographed during the NTSB investigation: National Transportation Safety Board

21 Air Flight 7598

An Amazon cargo service landed far down Miami's runway 30 and continued through the airport boundary, striking two occupied vehicles.

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LEVEL 2 Preliminary findings

Lufthansa A320 D-AIPN parked on the apron at Heathrow in 1991.The incident aircraft: Dick Gilbert

Lufthansa Flight 2904

A late touchdown and delayed deceleration left too little runway to stop.

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LEVEL 3 Final report