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landing runway was 23R. However, the controllers did not use any phrases indicative of a sidestep maneuver that would have been familiar to
American pilots. There was no published visual representation of the sidestep approach available to the pilots, and the airport's approach chart for 23R showed only ceiling and visibility minimums. Both pilots knew that 23L was closed, as they had previously landed on 23R without incident while 23L was out of service.
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Weather conditions were deteriorating during Flight 2605's instrument approach. At 5:00 a.m. weather report indicated visibility of two to three nautical miles (2 to 3 mi; 4 to 6 km) depending on direction; by 6:00 a.m. (shortly after the accident) visibility was described as "zero." Flight
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service building north of both runways, 26 seconds after it had initially touched down. This final impact caused the structural breakup of the aircraft, heavily damaged the two-story reinforced concrete building and caused a fire that consumed most of the aircraft structure. Part of the DC-10's left
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to the closed runway at 5:42 a.m. The cockpit voice recording of the last seconds of the flight indicates that the first officer and captain agreed that they were cleared for 23R, though they were still on approach to 23L. The captain realized this, saying "No, this is the approach to the god-damned
583:(ICAO) circular 173-AN/109. The probable cause of the accident was determined as: "Non-compliance with the meteorological minima for the approach procedure, as cleared; failure to comply with the aircraft's operating procedures during the approach phase, and landing on a runway closed to traffic."
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Differing totals of ground injuries and fatalities were reported. Ground fatalities were reported as being just one (the driver of the truck parked on Runway 23L) to as many as three (the driver and two people in the
Eastern Airlines building). As many as 30 people were injured, including those on
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4,921 feet (1,500 m) from the runway threshold. Panic ensued in the cockpit; Gilbert was heard screaming in terror while
Reichel urged him to "get it up." The bank angle continued to increase to the point that the right wing began to cut into the ground and taxiways next to the closed runway.
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to the open runway, 23R. To accomplish this, the crew would follow the ILS glide path toward Runway 23L, and as soon as they sighted the runway, they would reorient the aircraft to land on 23R. During the approach, the crew was advised four times by approach control or the tower that the intended
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procedure, a climb to 8,500 feet (2,591 m), in a "nonurgent, perfunctory manner" as the DC-10 once again became airborne. Approximately 3 seconds after the touchdown and in a 10-11-degree nose-up attitude, the right main gear collided with a
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magazine. While the ALPA report conceded that the pilots had landed on the wrong runway in the face of published minimums, it criticized the
Mexican accident report as being of "inadequate depth and detail" and containing "significant errors."
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left." With the aircraft at a speed of 130 knots (150 mph; 241 km/h), the main landing gear touched down, with the left gear on the grass left of Runway 23L and the right gear on the runway shoulder, producing a force greater than 2
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Flight 2605 remains the deadliest air accident to have occurred in Mexico City. The event is the third-deadliest aviation accident on
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International Airport was forced to close to flights temporarily, and 2,000 people were reported to have traveled to the airport to view the crash site and wreckage on Friday, November 2.
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A primary point of disagreement between the official ICAO report and the ALPA study was the wording and description of the failed sidestep approach to Runway 23R. The official report reads:
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in fog after landing on a runway that was closed for maintenance. Of the 89 people on board, 72 were killed, in addition to a maintenance worker who died when the plane struck his vehicle.
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WA 2605, a 35 años del peor accidente aéreo en la Ciudad de México
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power. The first officer began to describe the ILS approach's
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Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas DC-10
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1096:"Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona · Page 10"
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1147:"Hallaron Otro Cadáver Entre Restos del DC-10"
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864:"Aftermath: Wrong Runway Landing"
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308:Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704
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1344:Aeronaves de México Flight 111
862:Garrison, Peter (1983-12-01).
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1742:Western Airlines Flight 2605
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1387:Western Airlines Flight 2605
807:"Keep Climbing : Photo"
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324:Air New Zealand Flight 901
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187:Los Angeles, California
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1221:EXC-AEE (1979-11-03).
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1414:Aeroméxico Flight 110
1406:Aeroméxico Flight 230
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1712:Aeroflot Flight 5484
1602:Quebecair Flight 255
1582:Aeroflot Flight 1691
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646:Aeroflot Flight 3352
487:On board fatalities
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391:short final
284:Mexico City
276:Los Angeles
202:Mexico City
194:Destination
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1891:Categories
1236:2016-05-04
1207:2016-04-21
1185:2016-05-05
1160:2015-05-04
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669:References
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332:Antarctica
280:California
233:Fatalities
217:Passengers
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634:See also
449:Aircraft
241:Injuries
204:, Mexico
135:Operator
120:Aircraft
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288:Mexico
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