British Airways B772 at Grenada on Sep 28th 2025, disabled on the runway

Last Update: September 29, 2025 / 16:18:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 28, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2159

Destination
Grenada, Grenada

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

Airport ICAO Code
TGPY

A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-VIIU performing flight BA-2159 from Saint Lucia (Saint Lucia) to Grenada (Grenada), landed on Grenada's runway 10, rolled out and attempted to turn via the turn pad to backtrack the runway at 16:57L (20:57Z), when the aircraft became disabled nearly perpendicular to the runway. About 40 minutes later the aircraft was towed off the runway.

The aircraft was able to continue its schedule for its return flight to Saint Lucia and further to London Gatwick,EN (UK) with a delay of about 70 minutes.

Metars:
TGPY 282300Z 11013KT 9999 FEW018 29/25 Q1013 NOSIG=
TGPY 282200Z 11014KT 9999 FEW018 29/25 Q1013 NOSIG RMK VCSH-N=
TGPY 282100Z 14014KT 9999 VCSH BKN017 30/26 Q1012 NOSIG RMK VCSH-E=
TGPY 282000Z 14015KT 9999 FEW018 31/26 Q1012 NOSIG=
TGPY 281900Z 14014KT 9999 FEW014CB SCT018 30/25 Q1013 NOSIG RMK CB-SE/ VCSH-NE/SW=
TGPY 281800Z 12015KT 9999 FEW020 31/25 Q1013 NOSIG=
TGPY 281700Z 12016KT 9999 FEW020 31/25 Q1013 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 28, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
BA-2159

Destination
Grenada, Grenada

Aircraft Registration
G-VIIU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

Airport ICAO Code
TGPY

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