Singapore Airlines Flight 567

*Singapore Airlines* *Flight 567*, was an Airbus A380 passenger flight from Singapore to a layover at Shenzhen China, finally to land at Quebec City Canada. However, on January. 5, 2017, when the aircraft was landing at Quebec Airport Runway 06, the approach was a crosswind, making the aircraft harder to land due to the windy and snowy conditions. The runway was supposed to be de-iced the day before, but was accidentally canceled, making the runway icy and slippery. When the A380 touchdowned, it skidded from the ice, and rolled to a side. Out of the 74 people onboard including flight crew and passengers, there were no fatal deaths. Nobody was injured.

## Accident

### Date

January. 5, 2017 (Local Quebec City time)

### Summary

Upon arriving at Quebec Airport, the A380 faced snowy and windy conditions, creating a crosswind. After a rough and hard touchdown, the aircraft skidded and veered to an angle.

## Flight

### Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was an Airbus A380-800, delivered to Singapore Airlines on October. 25, 2007. The aircraft was manufactured by Airbus.

### Accident

Flight 2298 was piloted by Captain John Tan with 390+ hours of experience in the air, First Officer Henry Smiths with 240+ hours in the air, and Flight Engineer/3rd Officer Jay Wang. The flight took off from Singapore SIN Airport at 1:10 PM. Everything was going smoothly on the flight so far. Soon, the plane arrived at its first and only layover, Shenzhen SZX Airport. around 5:05 PM. Once the plane refueled, loaded and deplaned a few passengers, it took off again, en-route to its final destination, Quebec City. But upon arriving at Quebec City, the crew faced extreme snowy and windy landing conditions, creating a crosswind landing. As the aircraft neared Runway 06 of Quebec YQB Airport, it roughly toucheddown and rolled down the runway. However, the runway was icy and was supposed to be de-iced the day before, but it was accidentally cancelled by the airport. So, the A380 skidded and veered to a side of the runway, very roughly. No major parts of the aircraft were damaged, except a few tires were bursted. Aircraft tires usually do not pop, but due to the extreme rough landing and the skidding, 6 out of the 22 A380 tires deflated.

### Blackbox

*(The following text was recovered by the A380's recording tape from the cockpit. Translations to make audio clearer may have shifted a few words around. The audio tape was about a minute before touch down.)*

*Captain Tan:* "Landing checks,"

*(Pause, Flight Engineer/3rd Officer Wang checks off landing procedures while 2nd Officer Smiths throttles down)*

*Smiths:* "Argh, the crosswind is strong..."

*(Aircraft rolls to a crab angle)*

*Tan:* "Hold it steady!"

*(Aircraft controls are heard "60, 50, 40, etc.")*

*(Aircraft roughly touches down, shaking everything)*

*(Crew can be heard cussing/hollering)*

*(Crew slows plane)*

*(A380 skids on the icy runway, and veers to an angle)*

*(Wang radios ATC about rough landing)*

## Passenger Injuries/Casualties

No passengers were dead in the accident or got injured in the accident. All pilots, cabin crew, and passengers survived with no injuries.