UTair overrun at Kiev

[Anthony Supplebottom]

At 12.15 on July 15 at the Kiev airport a Boeing-737-500 VQ-BJM of UTair overran the runway at Kiev. None of the 77 passengers and crew were injured. The airport was temporarily closed.

See photo here (http://www.airliners.net/photo/UTair-Aviation/Boeing-737-524/2286273/L/).

[griffin one]

Very lucky.

Quick fix dig a few trenches 10 degree incline and tow out backwards.

[moscovite]

The grass is so flat they could just have apply power and taxi away.

[Yellow & Blue Baron]

Tyre indentation marks in the grass in front of the aircraft suggest that it has already been towed/pushed back some distance.

[Grenville Fortescue]

The grass is so flat they could just have apply power and taxi away.

Yes quite right. In fact if they were clever about it they could have avoided an incident altogether!

TWR: UT798 please confirm that you have overshot the runway?

UT798: No no, we are simply turning onto taxiway bravo. Nothing to see here.

[belfrybat]

Apply reverse thrust and back out onto the tarmac.

[No comment]

Good luck clearing out the donks after that...:rolleyes:

[EGLD]

Is the window covered up?

[JammedStab]

Apply reverse thrust and back out onto the tarmac.

Having read many excursion incidents before, frequently, the most damage is caused by trying to get back onto the paved surface.

[captplaystation]

As Kiev is by no means short, and VRef in a 735 not too hot, I expect a precis of the stabilisation (or not) of the approach may be illuminating. :hmm:

[Doors to Automatic]

Depends which of the two airports it was. The secondary one only has 7500ft although even that is twice as long as a 737-500 needs to stop.

[High Energy]

It was indeed at Zhulyany.

[transilvana]

just 12 people on the photo?? that´s what you get there to assist a C-172