Saturday, 29 August 2020

Omni Air International wheel collapse on touchdown

An Omni Air 767 operating a flight from Kabul-Hamid Karzai International Airport (KBL/OAKB) to Washington DC USA with a refueling stop at Bucharest Baneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU/LRBS) has crashed on landing at Bucharest. Shortly after touchdown on runway 07, the left main landing gear collapsed, causing the No.1 engine to skid across the runway. The aircraft came to a full stop on the runway. All 80 passengers on board were evacuated. The passengers on board the plane were disembarked using slides from emergency exits on the right side. The runway of Baneasa airport was closed until 16:00 Saturday at the latest and the planes due to land there were rerouted to Otopeni airport.
The aircraft was ordered by Continental Air Lines but was never taken up. It started its life with our very own Ansett Australia on the 25th April 1996 as VH-BZF. When Ansett collapsed on the 11th September 2001 the aircraft was then taken up by North American Airlines before joining Omni in 2014. Its first flight was on the 12th January 1996, making it 24 yrs old.
This is the very first incident for this aircraft.

Registrations this aircraft has had are
Registration Delivery      Airline 
N6055X      29/01/1996     GECAS
VH-BZF     25/04/1996     Ansett Australia
N569NB     09/07/2002     GECAS To North American
N767NA     01/08/2002     North American Airlines GECAS
N767NA     09/06/2014     Omni Air International
N423AX     16/04/2015     Omni Air International

Aircraft Information.
Airline: Omni Air International
Code: OY/OAE 
Aircraft: B767-324ER
Registration: N423AX
Serial Number: 27596

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