Created Thursday, Sep 30th 2021 20:10Z, last updated Thursday, Oct 21st 2021 14:47Z
An Air Algerie Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration 7T-VUW performing flight
AH-6133 from Bechar to Algiers (Algeria), landed on Algiers' runway 09 at 16:30L (15:30Z) but veered right off the runway and came to a stop almost perpendicular to the runway with the nose gear on soft ground and the main gear on the runway surface. There were no injuries. The passengers disembarked through the aft main door onto the runway and were taken to the terminal.
The airport was closed for about 2 hours as result (runway 05/23 was closed due to work in progress).
The airline reported the aircraft suffered a technical incident and came to a stop with the nose gear off the runway. There were no injuries and no damage.
On Oct 21st 2021 Algeria's AIB reported, they rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
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