Rossiya B744 at Barcelona on Aug 14th 2018, nose wheel steering failure

Last Update: August 16, 2018 / 14:43:13 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 14, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Rossiya

Flight number
FV-5731

Departure
Moscow Vnukovo, Russia

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EI-XLF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Rossiya Boeing 747-400, registration EI-XLF performing flight FV-5731 from Moscow Vnukovo (Russia) to Barcelona,SP (Spain) with about 500 people on board, landed on Barcelona's runway 25R and rolled out safely, but was subsequently unable to vacate the runway due to a nose wheel steering fault. The aircraft stopped on the runway.

A first tow tug was unable to move the aircraft, a second tow truck was dispatched and was able to tow the aircraft to the apron. The runway returned to service almost 2 hours after landing.

The airport in the meantime was forced to operate on crossing runways 02 and 25L causing delays.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Barcelona about 57 hours after landing.

According to information The Aviation Herald received on Aug 16th 2018 the nose wheel steering failed due to a bolt fracture on the mechanism of the nose wheel steering.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B744
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 14, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Rossiya

Flight number
FV-5731

Departure
Moscow Vnukovo, Russia

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
EI-XLF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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