Mauritania Airways 737 overshoots rwy at Conakry

[kbrockman]

Mauritania Airways plane overshoots runway, two injured - *Latest news around the world and developments close to home - MSN Philippines News (http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4244190)

737-700 lands halfway down the runway and overshoots.


sometimes in aviation, when it rains , it pours.

[TrafficPilot]

sometimes in aviation, when it rains , it poors.

Or even pours?

Or was that meant to be ironic:hmm:

[Sqwak7700]

Isn't it Tunisair? I think they operate on behalf of Mauritania.

[Melax]

Below is an entry from Wiki: (the pilots most likely were Tunisians)

Mauritania Airways S.A. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.A._%28corporation%29) is an airline (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline) based in Mauritania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania). The company was established in December 2006, and made its first flight on 7 November 2007.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania_Airways#cite_note-allafrica-0) It replaced Air Mauritanie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Mauritanie), the former national airline, which suffered from prolonged financial difficulties and was finally liquidated in October 2007.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania_Airways#cite_note-1) Mauritania Airways is a joint venture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_venture) between Mauritanian and Tunisian interests: Tunisair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisair) owns 51 percent, Mauritanian businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mohamed_Ould_Bouamatou&action=edit&redlink=1) owns 39 percent, and the government of Mauritania owns 10 percent
Aircrafthttp://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania_Airways#) Totalhttp://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania_Airways#) Ordershttp://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania_Airways#) Passengers
(Business/Economy)http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania_Airways#) Noteshttp://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania_Airways#) ATR 42-300 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATR_42-300) 1
48 (0/0/48)
Boeing 737-700 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737-700) 2 2 145 (0/12/133) leased from Tunisair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisair) Total 3 2