Iceland B752 at Varanasi on Nov 10th 2023, tail strike on landing
Last Update: November 17, 2023 / 14:35:22 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 10, 2023
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Icelandair
Departure
Kathmandu, Nepal
Destination
Varanasi, India
Aircraft Registration
TF-LLL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
Icelandair confirmed the bottom of the aircraft collided with the runway surface. A replacement aircraft was sent to India to continue the journey. The damage of the occurrence aircraft is being assessed and repaired.
The aircraft had flown as flight FI-1253 from Washington,DC (USA) to Lima (Peru) on Oct 27th 2023, carried on to Pisco (Peru), Mataveri (Easter Island, Chile), Apia (Samoa), Cairns,QL (Australia), Siem Reap (Cambodia) and Kathmandu (Nepal) prior to the occurrence flight.
A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration TF-ISW positioned from Keflavik (Iceland) to Delhi (India), about 360nm westnorthwest of Varanasi, resumed flight FI-1253 with further destinations Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Porto (Portugal) and Marrakesh (Morocco) so far.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Varanasi a week after landing.
Metars:
VEBN 100700Z 23003KT 3000 HZ NSC 32/17 Q1016 NOSIG=
VEBN 100630Z 25003KT 2500 HZ NSC 31/17 Q1016 BECMG 3000 HZ=
VEBN 100600Z 23003KT 2500 HZ NSC 30/17 Q1017 NOSIG=
VEBN 100530Z VRB02KT 2200 HZ NSC 30/17 Q1017 NOSIG=
VEBN 100500Z VRB02KT 2000 HZ NSC 28/18 Q1017 NOSIG=
VEBN 100430Z 20003KT 1800 HZ NSC 27/19 Q1018 NOSIG=
VEBN 100400Z VRB02KT 1500 R27/1300 HZ NSC 26/20 Q1018 NOSIG=
VEBN 100330Z VRB02KT 1200 R27/1000 BR NSC 24/19 Q1018 NOSIG=
VEBN 100300Z VRB01KT 1000 R27/1000 MIFG NSC 22/20 Q1017 NOSIG=
VEBN 100230Z VRB01KT 0900 R27/0900 MIFG NSC 21/20 Q1017 NOSIG=
VEBN 100200Z 00000KT 0700 R27/0900 FG NSC 20/19 Q1017 BECMG 0800 MIFG=
VEBN 100130Z VRB02KT 0600 R27/0800 FG NSC 18/18 Q1016 TEMPO 0350 FG=
VEBN 100100Z 00000KT 0700 R27/1000 FG NSC 18/18 Q1015 BECMG 0600 FG=
VEBN 100030Z VRB01KT 0800 R27/1200 MIFG NSC 18/18 Q1015 BECMG 0600 MIFG=
VEBN 100000Z 00000KT 0900 R27/1400 MIFG NSC 18/18 Q1015 BECMG 0800 MIFG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 10, 2023
Classification
Accident
Cause
Tail strike on landing
Airline
Icelandair
Departure
Kathmandu, Nepal
Destination
Varanasi, India
Aircraft Registration
TF-LLL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200
ICAO Type Designator
B752
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