El Al B788 at Boston on May 28th 2023, tyre damage, steering failure, possibly hard landing

Last Update: May 29, 2023 / 18:59:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 28, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-15

Departure
Tel Aviv, Israel

Destination
Boston, United States

Aircraft Registration
4X-ERB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, Boston

Airport ICAO Code
KBOS

An El Al Boeing 787-8, registration 4X-ERB performing flight LY-15 from Tel Aviv (Israel) to Boston,MA (USA), landed on Boston's runway 22L and was instructed to vacate the runway when the crew responded "stand by" and subsequently advised they had a nose gear steering problem. Using asymmetric braking they managed to vacate the runway onto runway 27 and stopped clear of runway 22L. Emergency services closed runways 09/27, 04L/22R and 04R/22L as result of the occurrence. A runway inspection revealed debris on runway 22L. The aircraft was towed to the apron.

According to information The Aviation Herald received, the aircraft suffered a hard landing resulting in damage to the nose gear and nose tyres as well as possible fuselage damage.

The FAA reported they have no such report.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Boston about 33 hours after landing.



Metars:
KBOS 281154Z 21004KT 10SM FEW250 19/08 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP201 T01940083 10194 20150 58009=
KBOS 281054Z 00000KT 10SM FEW250 18/08 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01830078=
KBOS 280954Z 23004KT 10SM FEW250 16/07 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP207 T01560072=
KBOS 280854Z 23004KT 10SM CLR 16/07 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP209 T01610067 56011=
KBOS 280754Z 23005KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01610061=
KBOS 280654Z 23012KT 10SM CLR 17/06 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP217 T01670061=
KBOS 280554Z 23010KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01670067 10206 20167 58011=
KBOS 280454Z 23011KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP225 T01720067 402390106=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 28, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
El Al

Flight number
LY-15

Departure
Tel Aviv, Israel

Destination
Boston, United States

Aircraft Registration
4X-ERB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

ICAO Type Designator
B788

Airport
General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, Boston

Airport ICAO Code
KBOS

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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