Log in

View Full Version : Runway too short....


gearlever
25th Jul 2017, 19:10
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DCR performing flight FR-314 from Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) with 183 people on board, landed on Otopeni's runway 26R at 10:37L (07:37Z) but overran the displaced end of the runway, damaged a runway end light and came to a stop on the paved surface of the runway. Incident: Ryanair B738 at Bucharest on Jul 25th 2017, overran runway on landing (http://avherald.com/h?article=4ac173d3&opt=0)

Piltdown Man
26th Jul 2017, 09:18
Not necessarily. The runway braking action may have been less than expected or reported. The effect is the same but the cause is different.

PM