Finnair A333 at New York on May 20th 2014, hard landing

Last Update: May 28, 2014 / 20:13:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 20, 2014

Classification
Accident

Airline
Finnair

Flight number
AY-5

Aircraft Registration
OH-LTS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

Airport ICAO Code
KJFK

A Finnair Airbus A330-300, registration OH-LTS performing flight AY-5 from Halifax,NS (Canada) to New York JFK,NY (USA) with 289 passengers, landed on John F. Kennedy Airport's runway 31R but touched down hard at 12:33L (16:33Z). The aircraft rolled out without further incident, vacated the runway and taxied to the terminal with the crew maintaining routine communication.

The return flight AY-6 needed to be cancelled.

The Aviation Herald learned that the aircraft received substantial damage, the main gear is going to be replaced.

The airline confirmed a hard landing requiring a thorough inspection of the aircraft, therefore the return flight needed to be cancelled.

The aircraft enroute as AY-5 from Helsinki (Finland) to New York JFK had diverted to Halifax on May 18th after the crew had lost control of the right hand engine (CF6), see Incident: Finnair A333 near Gander on May 18th 2014, engine did not respond to thrust lever.

Metars:
KJFK 201851Z 28010G24KT 10SM SCT090 SCT250 26/M01 A3001 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1831 SLP163 T02561006
KJFK 201751Z 30008KT 10SM FEW090 SCT250 25/M01 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02501006 10250 20172 58020
KJFK 201651Z 35006G14KT 10SM FEW085 SCT250 24/M01 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02441006
KJFK 201551Z 36008G26KT 10SM FEW075 SCT250 24/00 A3008 RMK AO2 PK WND 35026/1544 SLP184 T02390000
KJFK 201451Z 35012G18KT 10SM FEW250 23/02 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02280017 58014
KJFK 201351Z 32010KT 10SM FEW250 21/04 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP198 T02110044
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 20, 2014

Classification
Accident

Airline
Finnair

Flight number
AY-5

Aircraft Registration
OH-LTS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

Airport ICAO Code
KJFK

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