Saudi MD90 veers off runway in Riyadh

[NickN]

Great story here and a YouTube clip and photos. They took the instruction to exit the runway via the high speed exit a little too seriously and really were at high speed and took a little excursion. Quite extensive damage to the left wing.

A Saudi Arabian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-90, registration HZ-APW performing ferry flight SV-9061 from Jeddah to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) with 8 crew on board, had landed on Riyadh's runway 15L and attempted to exit onto high speed turnoff G4 however at too high a speed, so that the airplane skidded, veered off to the right of the runway and came to a stop with the left main gear collapsed and the airplane resting on the left wing. The crew evacuated through the front door slides. No injuries occured, the airplane however received substantial damage to its left wing.

A spokesman for the airport said, that the airplane skidded to the right after landing on runway 15L and went across taxiway G4 before coming to a stop with the nose gear on soft ground and the airplane settling on its left wing.

According to sources within the airline the airplane is considered to be write off due to the damage received, especially due to the wing damage.

Story, video and photos here...... http://avherald.com/h?article=41956963&opt=0

[NickN]

....... another Saudi MD90 incident on the same day..... not happy times for them.

Incident: Saudi MD90 at Yanbu on May 8th 2009, wing tip strike

A Saudi Arabian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-90, registration HZ-API performing flight SV-1585 from Jeddah to Yanbu (Saudi Arabia), struck one of its wings onto the runway while landing in Yanbu at around 14:55 local (11:55Z). The airplane went around and landed safely on its second approach, no injuries occured.

The airplane was inspected and ferried to Jeddah for further examination. The airplane received damage to its logo light in the wing tip. The captain has been suspended pending the result of the investigation.

Saudi Arabian accident investigators reported on May 12th, that the airplane landed in a severe sand storm with impaired low level visibility, the first officer was pilot flying and did not recognize the impaired visibility. When the landing became unstabilized, the captain took control of the airplane and initiated the go-around.