Incident: Saudia B743 at Madinah on Feb 16th 2011, runway excursion on landing
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Feb 18th 2011 02:29Z, last updated Friday, Feb 18th 2011 02:29ZA Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-300, registration HZ-AIS performing flight SV-817 from Riyadh to Madinah (Saudi Arabia) with 265 passengers, veered left off Madinah's runway 17 and came to a stop with the left hand main gear and the left body gear about 3 meters off the paved surface while landing in Madinah at around 20:15L (17:15Z). No injuries occurred, the airplane received damage to the left hand flaps that contacted the ground as result of the runway excursion and wheels sinking into soft ground. The passengers disembarked onto the runway via mobile stairs.
Metars:
OEMA 162000Z 26004KT CAVOK 21/M02 Q1014 NOSIG
OEMA 161900Z 23005KT CAVOK 22/00 Q1014 NOSIG
OEMA 161800Z 26012KT CAVOK 23/M01 Q1014 NOSIG
OEMA 161700Z 24014KT CAVOK 23/03 Q1013 NOSIG
OEMA 161600Z 25015KT 9000 NSC 24/02 Q1012 NOSIG
OEMA 161500Z 23014KT 9000 NSC 26/02 Q1011 NOSIG
OEMA 161400Z 25020KT 9000 NSC 27/00 Q1010 NOSIG