SWIFTAIR 737-400 EC-MFE(cn2539)
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport.....First flight 06/10/1993.On Monday 25 November 2024 at 05:30 local time the DHL flight QY5960 (callsign BCS18D/Postman 18D), was destroyed when it collided with terrain while on approach to runway 19 at Vilnius International Airport (VNO/EYVI), Lithuania.
One pilot was killed. The second pilot and two passengers survived with unspecified injuries. A residential building caught fire as well.
The Vilnius Approach controller had cleared the flight for an ILS Z approach to runway 19 and instructed the crew to descend to 2700 feet and report when established on the ILS.
At 4nm from touchdown, the flight was instructed to contact Vilnius Tower at "118.205" with the '2' being hardly readable. This was read back by the flight a "118.05". This was the last transmission from the flight.
Both Vilnius Tower and Vilnius Approach then attempted to contacted the flight without getting a response.
Preliminary ADS-B data suggests the aircraft overshot the runway centreline during the right-hand turn to final approach.
It became lined up about 1 nm past the Final Approach Point (FAP) for the ILS runway 19 approach, about 5,4 nm short of the runway threshold.
The aircraft impacted terrain about 0,8 nm short of runway 19.
At 0520LT, the Vilnius automated weather reported wind from 180° at 17 knots, ceiling overcast at 500 and 700 ft agl, temperature 1° Celsius (C), dew point -1° Celsius (C).
SWIFTAIR 737-400 EC-MFE(cn2539)
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos airport.....First flight 06/10/1993.On Monday 25 November 2024 at 05:30 local time the DHL flight QY5960 (callsign BCS18D/Postman 18D), was destroyed when it collided with terrain while on approach to runway 19 at Vilnius International Airport (VNO/EYVI), Lithuania.
One pilot was killed. The second pilot and two passengers survived with unspecified injuries. A residential building caught fire as well.
The Vilnius Approach controller had cleared the flight for an ILS Z approach to runway 19 and instructed the crew to descend to 2700 feet and report when established on the ILS.
At 4nm from touchdown, the flight was instructed to contact Vilnius Tower at "118.205" with the '2' being hardly readable. This was read back by the flight a "118.05". This was the last transmission from the flight.
Both Vilnius Tower and Vilnius Approach then attempted to contacted the flight without getting a response.
Preliminary ADS-B data suggests the aircraft overshot the runway centreline during the right-hand turn to final approach.
It became lined up about 1 nm past the Final Approach Point (FAP) for the ILS runway 19 approach, about 5,4 nm short of the runway threshold.
The aircraft impacted terrain about 0,8 nm short of runway 19.
At 0520LT, the Vilnius automated weather reported wind from 180° at 17 knots, ceiling overcast at 500 and 700 ft agl, temperature 1° Celsius (C), dew point -1° Celsius (C).