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New journey alert: A TUI flight with 200 passengers skids off the Leeds Bradford Airport runway following a ‘catastrophic’ nosewheel failure
Friday, October 25, 2024
A TUI flight carrying 200 passengers skidded off the runway at Leeds Bradford Airport amid Storm Babet’s extreme circumstances, following a “catastrophic failure” in its nosewheel bearing.
The Boeing 737-8K5, arriving from Corfu final October, encountered technical hassle shortly after landing, veering off beam and coming to a halt on a grassy verge roughly 500 toes past the taxiway.
The Air Accidents Investigation Department (AAIB) report attributes the incident to a nosewheel bearing failure, which seemingly occurred through the rollout part of touchdown, inflicting important juddering and an surprising leftward drift.
Regardless of the crew’s corrective efforts, the plane exited the runway at round 63mph.
Fortunately, no accidents have been reported, and the airplane sustained solely minor injury.
Passengers described the touchdown as tense, with some recounting moments of uncertainty because the airplane started to aquaplane.
Leeds Bradford Airport has since collaborated intently with the AAIB, reviewing its emergency response procedures to bolster preparedness for related incidents.
