ERJ excursion crew unprepared for contaminated runway

Ukrainian investigators have determined that an Embraer ERJ-145 crew had been ill-prepared to land on a contaminated Zaporizhia runway in crosswinds before the jet veered off. The Windrose Airlines aircraft (UR-DPB) had been operating a wet-lease service for Ukraine International Airlines from Kiev on 3 March. It departed the left-hand side of runway 02, some 1,745m from the threshold, coming to rest 99m from the centreline. The aircraft spun to the left during the excursion, almost facing the opposite direction. Ukrainian investigation authority NBAAI says the crew's "untimely and insufficient actions" as the aircraft prepared to land led to the incident. It states that the crew, during the pre-flight briefing, did not assess the state of Zaporizhia airport in depth, and proceeded with the flight "without paying attention" to the snow warnings concerning the state of the runway. The inquiry also found inconsistencies between different aeronautical information sources over the degree of contamination.<br/>