Iberojet A359 at San Jose on Feb 21st 2026, temporary runway excursion
Last Update: February 27, 2026 / 11:47:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 21, 2026
Classification
Incident
Airline
Iberojet
Flight number
E9-857
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
San Jose, Costa Rica
Aircraft Registration
EC-NBO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900
ICAO Type Designator
A359
Airport ICAO Code
MROC
The airport reported there was an incident involving an Iberojet aircraft arriving from Madrid that affected the runway lighting system, the aircraft went to the apron without difficulties.
The aircraft departed for the return flight with a delay of about 3.5 hours.
On Feb 27th 2026 Costa Rica's UAI rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation reporting a runway excursion during landing on runway 07 at San Jose.
Metars:
MROC 220200Z 14004KT 110V180 9999 -RA SCT020 BKN030 20/20 A3004 RETSRA NOSIG=
MROC 220116Z 11005KT 8000 TSRA FEW005 SCT010CB BKN015 20/20 A3003 NOSIG=
MROC 220100Z VRB03KT 8000 RA FEW003 SCT010 BKN020 22/21 A3003 NOSIG=
MROC 220000Z 32003KT 9999 -RA FEW008 BKN045 22/21 A2999 NOSIG=
MROC 212300Z VRB03KT 9999 3500SW BCFG SCT006 BKN010 22/21 A2997 NOSIG=
MROC 212200Z COR 24005KT 220V280 9999 RA VCTS FEW003 SCT015CB BKN060 22/21 A2995 RETSRA NOSIG=
MROC 212100Z 30010KT 250V340 9999 3000SW TSRA SCT010CB BKN020 22/21 A2993 NOSIG=
MROC 212045Z 29005KT 230V020 8000 TSRA SCT015CB BKN025 24/22 A2993 NOSIG=
MROC 212000Z 24009KT 9999 DZ SCT040 BKN060 27/20 A2994 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 21, 2026
Classification
Incident
Airline
Iberojet
Flight number
E9-857
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
San Jose, Costa Rica
Aircraft Registration
EC-NBO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900
ICAO Type Designator
A359
Airport ICAO Code
MROC
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