ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199331
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 August 2017 |
| Time: | c. 19:50 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-406 (SF) |
| Owner/operator: | Atlantic Airlines |
| Registration: | G-JMCX |
| MSN: | 24959/1949 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Boeing 737 cargo plane was travelling along the runway when it hit a bank of gravel and became stuck. A tow truck and the airport’s fire crew have been called to the scene to try and pull the plane out of the gravel. No-one has been injured in the incident.
Two Atlantic Airlines flights arrived at East Midlands Airport in short succession. Boeing 737-3T0(SF) G-JMCP arrived at 19:38 UTC, while Boeing 737-406(SF) G-JMCX arrived at 19:40 UTC. The airport was closed shortly afterwards to allow the aircraft to be removed. Flights were divered to Manchester (MAN) and Birmingham (BHX). The embedded Youtube video (below) confirms that the aircraft involved was G-JMCX. Per an eyewitness report:
"On the night of the 30th August 2017, G-JMCX, a DHL/West Atlantic Hybrid Boeing 737-400F decided that grass would be better to taxi on than the designated taxiway. From the airport perimeter, you couldn't really see what had actually happened, but I'm guessing there's a couple of grooves in the grass and a couple of muddy tyres. *I'll update this description once I find out more info. There were no injuries or damage to the aircraft thankfully, and as you can see in the video, it took a few minutes to remove the aircraft from the area. Once again, the Express and other crappy newspapers reported the plane as ‘Crashed into gravel’ and ‘ Veered off the runway’. None of that happened! Journalism at it’s best…"
Sources:
1. http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2017-08-30/all-east-midlands-flights-are-now-operational-following-plane-incident/
2. http://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-derbyshire-41097817
3. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/847957/Runway-closed-plane-veers-off-tarmac-East-Midlands-Airport-major-incident
4. https://www.radarbox24.com/news/breaking-were-receiving-reports-of-an-aircraft-off-runway-at-east-midlands-airport
5. http://www.airlive.net/breaking-were-receiving-reports-of-an-aircraft-off-runway-at-east-midlands-airport/
6. https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2017 17:55 | harro | Added |
| 18-Sep-2017 15:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2017 01:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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