A South African Airways Airbus A320-200, registration ZS-SZH performing flight SA-313 from Johannesburg to Cape Town (South Africa), was on approach to Cape Town when a storm system arrived at the aerodrome. The aircraft was on short final to Cape Town's runway 01 when the crew received a wind shear warning and performed the windshear escape procedure climbing the aircraft to safe altitude. The crew realized due to holds earlier they had not enough fuel left to attempt a second approach and decided to divert to George (South Africa), their designated alternate, fuel was sufficient for 75 minutes of flight and thus was still sufficient for that diversion. Enroute to George at FL290 the crew was informed that George also came under the influence of the storm system and landing was impossible. The crew thus was forced to continue on to Port Elizabeth (South Africa), another 150nm east of George. Port Elizabeth also came under the influence of the storm system. The crew nonetheless managed to land on Port Elizabeth's runway 08 about 65 minutes after the go around in Cape Town.
According to information from South Africa, after engine shut down the aircraft still had 340kg of fuel in the left hand wing tank, 30kg in the center tank and 50kg in the right hand wing tank, a total of 420kg.
The airline reported severe weather conditions affected the Western Cape, SAA followed all relevant and required policies and procedures including incident reporting and investigation protocols.
Metars Cape Town:
FACT 111100Z 31032KT 2000 RA BKN007 OVC020 17/16 Q1001 RERA NOSIG=
FACT 111000Z 32033G45KT 2000 RA BKN007 OVC020 17/17 Q1001 NOSIG=
FACT 110900Z 32035G46KT 2000 RA BKN007 OVC020 16/16 Q1000 RERA NOSIG=
FACT 110800Z 33037G53KT 2000 R01/P1500 RA BKN007 OVC020 15/15 Q0999 NOSIG=
FACT 110755Z 33037G53KT 2000 R01/P1500 RA BKN007 OVC020 15/15 Q0999 NOSIG=
FACT 110700Z 33035G48KT 2500 RA BKN012 OVC020 14/14 Q0999 NOSIG=
FACT 110627Z 33029G43KT 2500 RA BKN012 OVC020 13/13 Q1000 NOSIG=
FACT 110600Z 34037G49KT 2500 RA BKN016 OVC022 13/12 Q1000 TEMPO BKN012=
Metars George:
FAGG 111200Z 30033G48KT CAVOK 22/08 Q0995=
FAGG 111145Z 31026G46KT CAVOK 22/08 Q0995=
FAGG 111100Z 33033G49KT CAVOK 19/07 Q0994=
FAGG 111000Z 33034G45KT CAVOK 19/06 Q0995=
FAGG 110900Z 32038G51KT CAVOK 18/06 Q0994=
FAGG 110800Z 33038G54KT 9999 FEW048 16/04 Q0995=
FAGG 110700Z 33031G51KT 9999 -RA FEW045 15/05 Q0997=
FAGG 110600Z 34025G39KT 9999 FEW049 14/04 Q0998=
Metars Port Elizabeth:
FAPE 111200Z 31026G39KT 280V340 CAVOK 19/03 Q0997 NOSIG=
FAPE 111100Z 32023G42KT CAVOK 20/04 Q0997 NOSIG=
FAPE 111056Z 32024G42KT CAVOK 20/04 Q0997 NOSIG=
FAPE 111000Z 32022G33KT CAVOK 17/04 Q0999 NOSIG=
FAPE 110915Z 34015G25KT 300V030 CAVOK 16/05 Q1001 NOSIG=
FAPE 110900Z 33015KT 9999 FEW040 15/05 Q1002 BECMG 33017G37KT=
FAPE 110847Z 33014KT 9999 FEW045 15/05 Q1002 NOSIG=
FAPE 110801Z 32020G30KT 9999 -RA SCT045 14/05 Q1004 NOSIG=
FAPE 110800Z 32019KT 9999 -RA SCT045 14/04 Q1004 NOSIG=
According to information from South Africa, after engine shut down the aircraft still had 340kg of fuel in the left hand wing tank, 30kg in the center tank and 50kg in the right hand wing tank, a total of 420kg.
The airline reported severe weather conditions affected the Western Cape, SAA followed all relevant and required policies and procedures including incident reporting and investigation protocols.
Metars Cape Town:
FACT 111100Z 31032KT 2000 RA BKN007 OVC020 17/16 Q1001 RERA NOSIG=
FACT 111000Z 32033G45KT 2000 RA BKN007 OVC020 17/17 Q1001 NOSIG=
FACT 110900Z 32035G46KT 2000 RA BKN007 OVC020 16/16 Q1000 RERA NOSIG=
FACT 110800Z 33037G53KT 2000 R01/P1500 RA BKN007 OVC020 15/15 Q0999 NOSIG=
FACT 110755Z 33037G53KT 2000 R01/P1500 RA BKN007 OVC020 15/15 Q0999 NOSIG=
FACT 110700Z 33035G48KT 2500 RA BKN012 OVC020 14/14 Q0999 NOSIG=
FACT 110627Z 33029G43KT 2500 RA BKN012 OVC020 13/13 Q1000 NOSIG=
FACT 110600Z 34037G49KT 2500 RA BKN016 OVC022 13/12 Q1000 TEMPO BKN012=
Metars George:
FAGG 111200Z 30033G48KT CAVOK 22/08 Q0995=
FAGG 111145Z 31026G46KT CAVOK 22/08 Q0995=
FAGG 111100Z 33033G49KT CAVOK 19/07 Q0994=
FAGG 111000Z 33034G45KT CAVOK 19/06 Q0995=
FAGG 110900Z 32038G51KT CAVOK 18/06 Q0994=
FAGG 110800Z 33038G54KT 9999 FEW048 16/04 Q0995=
FAGG 110700Z 33031G51KT 9999 -RA FEW045 15/05 Q0997=
FAGG 110600Z 34025G39KT 9999 FEW049 14/04 Q0998=
Metars Port Elizabeth:
FAPE 111200Z 31026G39KT 280V340 CAVOK 19/03 Q0997 NOSIG=
FAPE 111100Z 32023G42KT CAVOK 20/04 Q0997 NOSIG=
FAPE 111056Z 32024G42KT CAVOK 20/04 Q0997 NOSIG=
FAPE 111000Z 32022G33KT CAVOK 17/04 Q0999 NOSIG=
FAPE 110915Z 34015G25KT 300V030 CAVOK 16/05 Q1001 NOSIG=
FAPE 110900Z 33015KT 9999 FEW040 15/05 Q1002 BECMG 33017G37KT=
FAPE 110847Z 33014KT 9999 FEW045 15/05 Q1002 NOSIG=
FAPE 110801Z 32020G30KT 9999 -RA SCT045 14/05 Q1004 NOSIG=
FAPE 110800Z 32019KT 9999 -RA SCT045 14/04 Q1004 NOSIG=
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