On 12 January 2023, an Airbus A330-300 touched down at Amsterdam at night 11 metres short of the runway after the captain manually flew below the visual ILS glidepath indication once below minimum decision height. This happened without comment by the other two junior pilots. The undershoot was apparently not recognised by any of the pilots, and debris on the runway was only discovered two hours later. The crew were unfamiliar with the relatively short runway. It was concluded that having incorrectly perceived the overrun risk as greater than an undershoot, they had prioritised speed control over maintaining the glide path.
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On 12 January 2023, an Airbus A330-300 (N802NW) operated by Delta Air Lines on a scheduled international passenger flight from Detroit to Amsterdam with an augmented crew touched down in night visual conditions (VMC) just before the landing runway threshold. The event was reportedly not recognised by the flight crew, and evidence of it was discovered only during a chance over-flight by a police helicopter two hours later. Damaged runway lights were discovered, and an inspection of the aircraft found minor landing gear damage and mud on the lower rear fuselage.
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