THY A343 at Antananarivo on Jan 9th 2016, touched down short of runway
Last Update: January 28, 2016 / 17:33:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 9, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-160
Departure
Mauritius, Mauritius
Destination
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Aircraft Registration
TC-JDN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
On Jan 28th 2016 the French BEA reported based on notification by Madagascar's Accident Investigation Board (AIB), that the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Madagascar's AIB. The left main gear, outboard aft tyre, contacted the ILS localizer antenna runway 11 and was punctured also causing damage to the localizer antenna, the right main gear contacted runway threshold lights and destroyed a light. The aircraft sustained minor damage forcing it to remain on the ground for more than 24 hours for the necessary repairs, the ILS runway 11 was out of service for several days.
Metars:
FMMI 091730Z 12004KT 080V160 8000 -RA FEW010 SCT017CB BKN020 18/18 Q1020 NOSIG
FMMI 091711Z 00000KT 8000 -RA FEW010 SCT017CB BKN020 18/18 Q1020 NOSIG
FMMI 091700Z 00000KT 8000 -TSRA FEW010 SCT017CB BKN020 18/18 Q1020 BECMG NSW
FMMI 091630Z 18007KT 140V210 8000 -TSRA FEW010 SCT020CB BKN023 18/18 Q1019 BECMG NSW
FMMI 091611Z 17009KT 7000 TSRA BKN020CB SCT023 19/19 Q1019 TEMPO 4500
FMMI 091602Z VRB02KT 6000 +TSRA BKN020CB SCT023 19/19 Q1019 TEMPO 3000
FMMI 091600Z VRB01KT 6000 TSRA BKN020CB SCT023 19/19 Q1019 TEMPO 3000 +TSRA
FMMI 091559Z VRB01KT 6000 TSRA BKN020CB SCT023 19/19 Q1019 TEMPO 3000 +TSRA
FMMI 091530Z VRB01G13KT 9000 -RA BKN020CB SCT023 21/21 Q1018 TEMPO TSRA
FMMI 091556Z VRB03KT 7000 -TSRA BKN020CB SCT023 19/19 Q1019 TEMPO TSRA
FMMI 091559Z VRB01KT 6000 TSRA BKN020CB SCT023 19/19 Q1019 TEMPO 3000 +TSRA
FMMI 091500Z 00000KT 9999 -RA SCT020CB SCT023 22/22 Q1017 TEMPO TSRA
FMMI 091430Z 32011KT 9999 SCT020CB SCT023 23/21 Q1017 TEMPO RA
FMMI 091400Z 00000KT 9999 SCT020CB 26/20 Q1017 NOSIG
FMMI 091330Z 00000KT 9999 SCT020CB 26/20 Q1016 NOSIG
FMMI 091300Z 00000KT 9999 SCT020CB 26/21 Q1016 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 9, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
THY Turkish Airlines
Flight number
TK-160
Departure
Mauritius, Mauritius
Destination
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Aircraft Registration
TC-JDN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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