Flight Data Recorder Shows No Aircraft Systems Fault In The Boeing 737

The Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) has released a preliminary report from an accident involving a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 March 19 that resulted in the fatal injury of all 62 people on board.

Flight FZ981 had traveled from Dubai to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It impacted terrain on its third landing attempt in poor weather.

United Press International reports that on Tuesday, the MAK released a statement indicating that "based on the preliminary analysis of information from the flight recorders, no failures of any aircraft systems and components or powerplant have been revealed by now. The aircraft had a valid airworthiness certificate, it underwent all the necessary technical maintenance and was in good order at the time of departure."

David Learmont writes on his blog learmont.com that a video has surfaced showing the airplane's final trajectory s being a nose-down high-speed dive.

The Russian business daily Kommersant reports that the data indicates that the pilot had switched off the autopilot function of the aircraft because of strong, shifting winds and hand-fly the approach, though that has not been confirmed.
Kommersant reports that the Flight Data Recorder indicates that at an altitude of about 900 feet, the "Takeoff/Go Around) button was pushed.

Pilot groups in Dubai are also saying that crew fatigue could have been a factor in the accident, according to Learmount, as was a lack of familiarity with the go-around procedure in the 737.

(Image from file)

FMI: www.mak.ru/english/english.html