An airBaltic plane has skidded off the runway at Riga airport (RIX) in Latvia during a landing in heavy snowfall.
The incident occurred on December 3, 2021. The aircraft, an Airbus A220-300 with registration YL-CSE, was operating flight BT102 from Stockholm, Sweden (ARN) to RIX.
Edgars Rink膿vi膷s, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, posted pictures of the incident on Twitter.
Neaizmirstama ned膿募a: atgrie啪oties R墨g膩, Stokholmas lidma拧墨na nosl墨d膿ja no skrejce募a. Paldies apkalpei, lidostai, ugunsdz膿s膿jiem un NMPD par 膩tru r墨c墨bu, mieru un profesionalit膩ti! Cik saprotu, tad nekas nopietns nevienam nav atgad墨jies
鈥 Edgars Rink膿vi膷s (@edgarsrinkevics)
鈥淭here were no injuries, and all 44 passengers were safely transported to the terminal and the aircraft will be towed to the hangar for inspection,鈥 airBaltic announced in a social media post.
The Latvian airline said it was working closely with authorities and will provide an update later.
airBaltic on flight BT102:
鈥 airBaltic (@airBaltic)
Riga Airport has closed runway 18/36 as a result of the incident. A SNOWTAM provided by the airport for flight crews warns of snow banks on the taxiways and describes the condition of the taxiways and aprons as 鈥減oor鈥.
The airport said via social media that poor visibility played a role in the accident.
Lidost膩 鈥淩墨ga鈥 noticis avi膩cijas negad墨jums, gaisa ku模im, kas atgriez膩s R墨g膩 no Stokholmas, sliktas redzam墨bas d膿募 nobraucot no manevr膿拧anas ce募a. Lidostas skrejce募拧 pa拧laik ir sl膿gts. Lidostas atbild墨gie dienesti un aviokomp膩nijas p膩rst膩vji str膩d膩 notikuma viet膩.
鈥 Riga Airport (@riga_airport)
