THY A321 at Bucharest on Jun 22nd 2017, overran runway on landing

Last Update: June 29, 2017 / 16:48:53 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 22, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Overran runway on landing

Airline
THY Turkish Airlines

Flight number
TK-1045

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Bucharest Otopeni, Romania

Aircraft Registration
TC-JMH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport
Henri Coandă International Airport, Bucharest

Airport ICAO Code
LROP

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration TC-JMH performing flight TK-1045 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) with 176 people on board, landed on Otopeni's runway 26R at 20:58L (17:58Z) but overran the displaced end of the runway by about 50 meters before coming to a stop. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor if any damage, one temporary runway end/threshold light was destroyed.

The runway was closed for about 4 hours.

The last section of runway 26R is currently closed for reconstruction works starting Jun 22nd 2017, see AIP SUP 3/2017 below.

There is no direct reference of a shortened runway in the NOTAMs or regular AIRAC cycle, which continue to show the runway length at 3500 meters. The NOTAM only contain a "Trigger NOTAM" to reference AIP SUP 3/2017 indicating work in progress. There is no indication of such work in progress prior to Jun 22nd 2017, no other AIP SUP supplement has been released for Otopeni Airport. However, the Satellite Image of May 18th 2017 already shows the displaced threshold fully painted and the first section of runway 08L/last section of runway 26R crossed out.

On Jun 29th 2017 Romania's AIB reported: "After landing, the crew did not observe the temporary threshold of the shortened runway. They crossed the runway lights that mark the end of the runway and passed the end by 100 meters. The aircraft stopped on a concrete zone." The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Romania's AIB.

Related NOTAMs:
A1728/17 NOTAMN
Q) LRBB/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4434N02605E005
A) LROP B) 1706222010 C) 1706230010
E) RWY 08L/26R CLSD

A1729/17 NOTAMR A1728/17
Q) LRBB/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4434N02605E005
A) LROP B) 1706222153

A1240/17 NOTAMN
Q) LRBB/QFATT/IV/BO /A /000/999/4434N02605E005
A) LROP B) 1706220000 C) 1707060000
E) TRIGGER NOTAM - AIRAC AIP SUP 03/17 WEF 22 JUN 2017
WORK IN PROGRESS AT BUCURESTI/HENRI COANDA AIRPORT.

Metars:
LROP 221900Z 09004KT CAVOK 23/18 Q1014 NOSIG=
LROP 221830Z 12004KT 9999 FEW055CB 24/18 Q1014 NOSIG=
LROP 221800Z 12004KT 9999 FEW055CB 25/19 Q1014 NOSIG=
LROP 221730Z 11004KT 9999 FEW055CB 26/18 Q1013 NOSIG=
LROP 221700Z 12004KT 9999 FEW055CB 26/18 Q1013 NOSIG=
LROP 221630Z 00000KT 9999 FEW055CB 27/17 Q1014 NOSIG=
LROP 221600Z VRB02KT CAVOK 30/17 Q1013 NOSIG=
LROP 221530Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW050CB 29/18 Q1014 NOSIG=
LROP 221500Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW050CB 28/18 Q1014 NOSIG=
LROP 221430Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW050CB 29/18 Q1014 NOSIG=
LROP 221400Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW050CB 27/18 Q1014 NOSIG=