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Brian Noldt
6th August 2016, 06:19 AM
An ex Australian Airlines/Qantas B734 belonging to ASL Airlines Hungary overshoots the runway while landing in bad weather at Bergamo's Orio al Serio International Airport in Northern Italy and ended up on a road.

This aircraft VH-TJL was delivered to Australian Airlines 12/11/1991
Transferred to Qantas 31/10/1993
Went to VCV on 15/5/2013

The aircraft was a Boeing 737-476 C/N 24437 - 2162 named Swift

Story from The Aviation Herald here:

http://avherald.com/h?comment=49c27d0c&opt=0

Greg Hyde
6th August 2016, 07:37 AM
The runway length starting at the runway 28 threshold is 9209 ft (2807m). Failing to stop at the end of the runway, the aircraft travelled 300 m across two roads, a parking lot and a highway lane before coming to rest with the nose across another highway lane.

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20160805-0