Air Niugini Aircraft crash, Truk Lagoon
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Air Niugini Aircraft crash, Truk Lagoon
Air Niugini Boeing737 has a overrun while landing in Micronesia ending up in the sea at Truk Lagoon PTKK.
Plane overshoots runway in Micronesia and lands in ocean - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Plane overshoots runway in Micronesia and lands in ocean - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Apparently it's now underwater https://www.theguardian.com/australi...lands-in-ocean
On another note - can the evac slides on 737's detach and act as life rafts? If so will be interesting to see if they were used here
On another note - can the evac slides on 737's detach and act as life rafts? If so will be interesting to see if they were used here
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On another note - can the evac slides on 737's detach and act as life rafts? If so will be interesting to see if they were used here
Useful passenger interview by Matthew Colson on Facebook confirms undershoot. 11 crew seems OTT?
https://www.facebook.com/matthew.col...4720419915622/
https://www.facebook.com/matthew.col...4720419915622/
confirms undershoot
Approach plates.
https://flightaware.com/resources/ai...KK/IAP/all/pdf
Special mins.
https://flightaware.com/resources/ai...KK/MIN/all/pdf
Looking now like they landed long with the inevitable result.
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With one of the engines acting as a sea anchor, it is quite possible that the aircraft is now facing 180 degrees away from where it was originally especially as it was floating at the time. Someone with the FR24 trace may be able to confirm this.
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1:15: "They did hit the runway, but my understanding is that the landing was very far down the runway, not at the beginning of the runway ... Apparently the plane shot off into the lagoon ...".
There doesn't appear to be a FR24 trace, presumably no data feeder on Chuuk.
27/2250 VRB/05kts doesn't give much of a clue to r/wy in use.
https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/PTKK/weather
Final position of aircraft - the Lion Air 904 water undershoot at Bali in 2013 ended up at 90 degrees to r/way heading.
Given that it took 4 hrs for Air Niugini to make a website statement, it seems strange that the circumstances wouldn't be known to them (or perhaps not...)
https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/PTKK/weather
Final position of aircraft - the Lion Air 904 water undershoot at Bali in 2013 ended up at 90 degrees to r/way heading.
Given that it took 4 hrs for Air Niugini to make a website statement, it seems strange that the circumstances wouldn't be known to them (or perhaps not...)