Incident: Hermes A321 at Lyon Runway Excursion | Aerosoft Sim News
A Hermes Airlines Airbus A321-100 on behalf of Air Mediterranee, registration SX-BHS performing flight ML-7817 from Agadir (Morocco) to Lyon (France) with 174 passengers and 7 crew, overran the end of the runway 36R while landing at Lyon at about 20:50L (19:50Z) and came to a stop about 300 meters past the runway end with all gear on soft ground.
No injuries are being reported.
The airport was closed for about 2.5 hours. The aircraft is estimated to be removed the following day, the runway remains closed until the aircraft has been towed to the apron.
The airport confirmed the aircraft overran the end of runway B by about 300 meters while landing in thick fog and got stuck in deep mud.
Heavy equipment will be needed to move the aircraft back onto paved surface.
Incident: Hermes A321 at Lyon on Mar 29th 2013, runway excursion
For french speakers:
Lyon : sortie de piste d'un Airbus d'Air Méditerranée - Le Point