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Old 10th Dec 2023, 09:42
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menekse
 
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Another runway excursion earlier this year under similar circumstances

An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-AAP performing flight BT-694 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Riga (Latvia) with 89 passengers and 7 crew, landed on Riga's runway 18 at 23:17L (21:17Z), however, the nose gear went off the paved surface after landing. There were no injuries.

The airline stated: "The Latvian Airline AirBaltic confirms that on March 8, 2023 at 21:17 UTC (23:17 local time) during a heavy snowfall its flight BT694 from Paris to Riga performed with Airbus A220-300 (YL-AAP) the nose wheel slid off the hard runway surface after the landing in Riga". The passengers and crew were safely taken to the terminal.
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