Lingus A332 at Dublin on Oct 20th 2017, runway excursion during line up for takeoff
Last Update: October 20, 2017 / 19:46:16 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Aer Lingus
Flight number
EI-141
Departure
Dublin, Ireland
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
EI-DAA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
Another aircraft taxiing for departure from Dublin's runway 16 was about to arrive at the holding point runway 16, was told to hold short of runway 16 but reported the departure ahead had gone into the grass and may have broken runway lights. Grass was on the area of the piano keys runway 16.
Tower told subsequent departures there may be broken runway lights at the right hand side in the line up area and there was some grass on the runway at the right hand side in the line up area from a previous heavy departure. Tower subsequently cleared "Rescue 15" to check the runway, squeezing the runway inspection in just before an approach that was 7nm out. Rescue 15 reported a number of runway lights were broken and there were tyre tracks in the grass, runway was good to go however. Tower continued to use runway 16 for arrivals and departures continuing to advise departures of the grass on the right hand side and broken right hand runway lights in the line up area of runway 16.
The A330 meanwhile levelled off at initial cruise level 370 and was enroute about 280nm northwest of Shannon (Ireland), when ATC informed the aircraft they suspected EI-141 had broken a number of runway lights, there were tyre tracks in the grass. The crew decided to return to Dublin, where the aircraft landed safely about 1:50 hours after departure.
Metars:
EIDW 201700Z 14024KT 9999 -RA SCT014 BKN040 11/10 Q0996 NOSIG=
EIDW 201630Z 14018KT 9999 -RA FEW015 BKN020 BKN050 11/09 Q0997 NOSIG=
EIDW 201600Z 14018KT 9999 -RA FEW015 SCT020 BKN050 11/07 Q0998 NOSIG=
EIDW 201530Z 14012KT 9999 -RA FEW016 SCT020 BKN060 10/07 Q0999 NOSIG=
EIDW 201500Z 14012KT 9999 -RA FEW020 BKN080 10/05 Q1000 NOSIG=
EIDW 201430Z 15013KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 BKN200 10/04 Q1001 NOSIG=
EIDW 201400Z 15012KT 9999 FEW020 SCT120 BKN200 10/04 Q1001 NOSIG=
EIDW 201330Z 16012KT 9999 FEW020 BKN220 10/04 Q1002 NOSIG=
EIDW 201300Z 16011KT 140V200 9999 FEW020 BKN220 11/03 Q1002 NOSIG=
EIDW 201230Z 14004KT 110V170 9999 FEW020 BKN220 11/06 Q1003 NOSIG=
EIDW 201200Z 22005KT 190V250 9999 FEW020 BKN220 10/06 Q1003 NOSIG=
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 20, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Aer Lingus
Flight number
EI-141
Departure
Dublin, Ireland
Destination
Miami, United States
Aircraft Registration
EI-DAA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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