Weather conditions were deteriorating during Flight 2605's instrument approach. A 5:00 a.m. weather report indicated visibility of two to three nautical miles depending on direction; by 6:00 a.m. (shortly after the accident) visibility was described as "zero."[1] Flight 2605 was on short final to the closed runway at 5:42 a.m.

2021年12月11日 · Of the 89 people on board, 72 were killed, in addition to a maintenance worker who died when the plane struck his vehicle. Flight 2605 remains the deadliest air accident to have occurred in Mexico City. ... Western Airlines Flight 2605

2020年4月6日 · One of the passengers, Ken Lucoff, was an ABC field producer who covered the American Airlines 191 crash at O’Hare in Chicago. He stated that he disliked DC-10 aircrafts and wished to never fly on one again unless totally necessary. He was on this flight to investigate the El Salvadoran civil war.

Weather conditions were deteriorating during Flight 2605's instrument approach. A 5:00 a.m. weather report indicated visibility of two to three nautical miles depending on direction; by 6:00 a.m. (shortly after the accident) visibility was described as "zero."[1] Flight 2605 was on short final to the closed runway at 5:42 a.m.

Accident details of article Western Airlines Flight 2605: The flight had been assigned to runway 23R, but touched down on runway 23L, which was closed for refurbishing. As go-around power was being added, the aircraft's right main landing gear collided with a parked truck, separated, and hit the right tailplane and elevator.

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As Flight 2605 approached Mexico City International Airport, air traffic controllers cleared it for an instrument approach using the ILS of Runway 23L, with an expected landing runway of 23R.[9] With Runway 23L closed for maintenance, the controllers expected Flight 2605 to perform a sidestep maneuver[10] to the open runway, 23R.

A Boeing 737-800 passenger jet was operating the flight, under the registration of VT-AXV. The captain had continued an unstabilised approach, despite three calls from the first officer to initiate a "go-around", resulting in the aircraft overshooting the runway, falling down a hillside and bursting into flames.

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2021年11月1日 · Western Airlines Flight 2605, nicknamed the "Night Owl", was an international scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico. On October 31, 1979, at 5:42 a. m. CST (UTC−06:00), the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating the flight crashed at Mexico City International Airport in fog after landing on a runway that ...