The following information provides an awareness of problems that might be avoided in the future. The information is based on final reports by official investigative authorities on aircraft accidents and incidents.
Jets
JetsNo Real-Time Data
Airbus A320. Minor damage. No injuries.
French authorities said that the lack of equipment to remotely measure runway contamination and allow dissemination of real-time information on braking action to pilots was a causal factor in an overrun at Paris Orly International Airport the morning of March 12, 2013.
The incident involved an A320 that was en route to Paris from Tunisia with 140 passengers and six crewmembers. Precipitation in the form of freezing rain had begun to fall at Orly…
