Airest SF34 at Budapest on Mar 2nd 2021, 4 runway edge lights found damaged following departure, cause of damage to the lights unknown
Last Update: March 25, 2021 / 15:27:27 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 2, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Airest Cargo
Flight number
AEG-550
Departure
Budapest, Hungary
Destination
Timisoara, Romania
Aircraft Registration
ES-LSG
Aircraft Type
SAAB 340
ICAO Type Designator
SF34
Airport ICAO Code
LHBP
Hungary's KBSZ however initially reported following the departure 4 runway edge lights of runway 13L were found broken. FDR and CVR of ES-LSG were secured in Timisoara, an inspection of the aircraft revealed no damage to the airframe. The occurrence is being investiated by the KBSZ.
Later Mar 23rd 2021 the airline stated, that following the readout of the flight data recorder their aircraft is no longer suspected to have been involved.
On Mar 25th 2021 Hungary's KBSZ reported: "On 2 March 2021 during a scheduled runway inspection at BUD Airport 4 runway edge lights were found knocked out (later confirmed as 3). In the initially examined 7-hour period prior to the discovery of the broken lights, no aircraft could be positively identified as having caused the incident. The investigation continues with the extension of the examined period. UPDATE – Following an FDR readout, the initially implicated Saab 340 of Airest has been precluded as a cause of the damage."
Metars:
LHBP 020900Z 23006KT 190V260 CAVOK 07/01 Q1036 NOSIG=
LHBP 020830Z 24006KT 210V270 CAVOK 06/01 Q1036 NOSIG=
LHBP 020800Z 25006KT 8000 NSC 05/01 Q1036 NOSIG=
LHBP 020730Z 16002KT 7000 NSC 03/M00 Q1036 NOSIG=
LHBP 020700Z 13001KT 6000 NSC 01/M01 Q1036 NOSIG=
LHBP 020630Z 11002KT 6000 NSC M01/M02 Q1035 NOSIG=
LHBP 020600Z 09001KT 8000 MIFG NSC M04/M05 Q1035 NOSIG=
LHBP 020530Z VRB01KT 8000 MIFG NSC M05/M05 Q1035 NOSIG=
LHBP 020500Z 00000KT CAVOK M04/M05 Q1035 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 2, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Airest Cargo
Flight number
AEG-550
Departure
Budapest, Hungary
Destination
Timisoara, Romania
Aircraft Registration
ES-LSG
Aircraft Type
SAAB 340
ICAO Type Designator
SF34
Airport ICAO Code
LHBP
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