East Midlands – Exeter

On January 19, 2021 at 02:34 AM, East Midlands – Exeter experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-400, operated by West Atlantic, with the event recorded near Exeter Devon.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed East Midlands Airport on a night cargo flight to Exeter on behalf of the Royal Mail. For unknown reasons, the aircraft landed hard at Exeter Airport runway 29. The crew was able to vacate the runway and park the aircraft on apron where major damages to the fuselage were noted. Due to the extent of damages, the cargo could not be unloaded. The aircraft seems to be damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-JMCY, MSN 25114/2666, year of manufacture 1994.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7256°, -3.5269°.