An AJet Boeing 737-800 operating a scheduled service from Pristina to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport veered and skidded off the runway upon landing this evening (pictured), coming to a stop on an unpaved area adjacent to the taxiway. All passengers on flight VF102 were safely evacuated from the aircraft. One of Sabiha Gokcen’s runways has been temporarily closed as a result of the incident. The aircraft is understood to have landed in rainy conditions, with a wet runway surface at the time. Emergency services were swiftly deployed to assess potential damage to the aircraft and infrastructure. There are currently no reports of injuries among passengers or crew.
Glad everyone's safe
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it was leaving the runway while still being too fast.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite unpleasant today in IST. Rain and gusty winds, we even had to circle for about 20 minutes due these conditions (probably landing restrictions). We landed with 23 knots hw, but very smoothly.
ReplyDeleteTake off later was uneventful.
Quite impressive how little the number of incidents are, considering all the weather pilots face