A constitution flight from Milan carrying 179 passengers and 6 crew members skidded off a runway and into the muddy, snow-covered turf on Saturday at a Lithuanian airport, on-line video exhibits.
The Airbus 320 mannequin, belonging to the airline service Avion Categorical, veered off to the precise because it landed at Vilnius Airport however slowly returned to the runway. Representatives for Vilnius Airport confirmed that movies circulating on-line have been of the incident.
Pictures of the aftermath present the aircraft lined in snow slush, however no fatalities or accidents have been reported, the airport stated in a assertion on Fb.
“In accordance with the preliminary knowledge, the plane had 179 passengers and 6 crew members on board, the flight crew knowledgeable the airport authorities that no one was injured and the plane made its solution to the parking space on the apron, the place the passengers disembarked,” the airport wrote following the incident.
Vilnius Airport ceased operations for hours following the incident to examine the runway however resumed flights quickly after. The airport stated the reason for the aircraft veering off the runway continues to be below investigation by The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania.
“Please learn that following the incident this afternoon, the runway at Vilnius Airport can be reopened for operations from 17:00, and flights will proceed as regular,” the airport wrote on Saturday.
Representatives for Vilnius Airport instructed Enterprise Insider they’d no additional info to supply.
Avion Categorical is an airplane leasing and constitution service based mostly in Lithuania, per its web site. The corporate fleet contains Airbus A320 and A321 fashions.
“In the course of the incident the passengers have been calm and adopted the directions of our crew members,” Avion Categorical Head of Communications Rolanda Lipneviciute instructed Enterprise Insider in a press release. “We lengthen our heartfelt apologies and honest help to everybody who was on board.”
