Iberia A320 at Split on Aug 1st 2026, burst nose tyres on rollout

Last Update: August 2, 2026 / 18:33:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-945

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Split, Croatia

Aircraft Registration
EC-IZH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Iberia Airbus A320-200, registration EC-IZH performing flight IB-945 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Split (Croatia) with 172 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Split's runway 23 and was rolling out when the nose gear turned 90 degrees at low speed causing damage to the nose tyres. The aircraft became disabled on the runway. The runway needed to be closed for about two hours until the aircraft was removed.

Croatia's Accident Investigation rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.

Related NOTAMs:
A2660/26 NOTAMN
Q) LDZO/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4332N01618E005
A) LDSP B) 2608011448 C) 2608011530
E) RWY05/23 CLOSED.

A2661/26 NOTAMR A2660/26
Q) LDZO/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4332N01618E005
A) LDSP B) 2608011525 C) 2608011600
E) RWY05/23 CLOSED.

A2662/26 NOTAMR A2661/26
Q) LDZO/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4332N01618E005
A) LDSP B) 2608011557 C) 2608011630
E) RWY05/23 CLOSED.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Iberia

Flight number
IB-945

Departure
Madrid, Spain

Destination
Split, Croatia

Aircraft Registration
EC-IZH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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