France A319 at Lisbon on Aug 17th 2020, runway excursion after landing

Last Update: August 20, 2020 / 16:19:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 17, 2020

Classification
Incident

Cause
Runway excursion

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1624

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Lisbon, Portugal

Aircraft Registration
F-GRHO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Air France Airbus A319-100, registration F-GRHO performing flight AF-1624 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Lisbon (Portugal), landed on Lisbon's runway 21 at 14:32L (13:32Z), slowed and vacated the runway to the left about 1600 meters past the (displaced) runway threshold and about 300 meters short of high speed turn off HS. The aircraft taxied to the apron with no further incident.

The aircraft departed for the return flight AF-1625 on schedule about 90 minutes after landing.

According to AIP Portugal as well as satellite images of 2019 the aircraft taxied across soft ground, only satellite images past March 2020 begin to show the construction of a new high speed turn off just where the aircraft vacated the runway.

At 16:49Z about 3:15 hours after landing Lisbon Airport released a new NOTAM:
A2480/20 NOTAMN
Q) LPPC/QMYXX/IV/NBO/A /000/999/3846N00908W005
A) LPPT B) 2008171649 C) 2008312359 EST
E) RWY 21 NEW RAPID EXIT TAXIWAY 1600 METERS FROM THR NOT AVAILABLE
YET. FIRST RAPID EXIT TAXIWAY AVAILABLE IS HS, 1910 METERS FROM THR.
REF AIP SUP 011/2020.

According to AIP Portugal there is no indication of any taxiway or taxiway under construction at that point. A Supplement 11/2020, still not showing the taxiway under construction but only telling about the construction of a new rapid turn off somewhere between Jan 2nd 2020 and end of August 2020, provides information about taxi routes and construction traffic etc. during the 4 construction phases.

Portugal's ANAC (Civil Aviation Authority) did not respond to an inquiry by The Aviation Herald so far.

Metars:
LPPT 171500Z 27010KT 240V300 9999 FEW025 SCT034 26/17 Q1017=
LPPT 171430Z 27008KT 220V330 9999 FEW025 SCT034 27/17 Q1017=
LPPT 171400Z 26008KT 210V310 9999 FEW028 SCT036 26/17 Q1018=
LPPT 171330Z 23013KT 200V260 9999 SCT022 26/19 Q1017=
LPPT 171300Z 23012KT 200V260 9999 SCT026 26/19 Q1017=
LPPT 171230Z 21010KT 170V240 9999 FEW030 SCT039 26/19 Q1017=
LPPT 171200Z 22007KT 180V270 9999 FEW026 SCT034 26/18 Q1017=
LPPT 171130Z VRB06KT 9999 FEW022 BKN034 25/18 Q1018=
LPPT 171100Z VRB05KT 9999 FEW020 BKN036 25/17 Q1018=
LPPT 171030Z 26006KT 220V290 9999 FEW018 SCT024 BKN036 24/17 Q1018=