Ural Airlines A320 Overran Runway On Landing In Ekaterinburg

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An Ural Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration VQ-BAG performing flight U6-261 from Moscow Domodedovo to Ekaterinburg (Russia) with 81 people on board, landed on Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport’s runway 26R in heavy rain at 14:16L (09:16Z) but overran the end of the runway by about 50 meters coming to a stop with all gear on soft ground.

No injuries are being reported, the aircraft received minor if any damage.

The airport needed to be closed until the aircraft could be moved onto the apron.

The airline reported the aircraft lost friction while landing in heavy rain. There were no injuries, the aircraft did not receive damage.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Ekaterinburg about 8 hours after landing.

Source: avherald.com