A Gulfstream G200 Galaxy corporate jet (N813WM) suffered a runway excursion after landing on runway 02 at Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport, Honduras. No fatalities have been reported yet the firefighters at the scene reported six injured passengers.
The local hospital announced that the six passengers -all with an American nationality- are stable and didn’t sustain any life threatening injuries. The local authorities said that it was a miracle that the private jet didn’t hit a vehicle or a house given the location of the airport and attributed the incident to the “inexperience of the pilots” as it was their first landing at the airport (?).
The private jet with U.S. registration arrived from Austin, Texas.
Otro aspecto de la aeronave accidentada hoy en el aeropuerto Toncontin. Al menos siete personas habrían salido lesionadas según reportes preliminares. La aeronave privada venía de Austin, Texas. pic.twitter.com/6uBtjv2A9q
— Thelma Mejia Lopez (@thelma_mejia) May 22, 2018
Así quedó aeronave privada que se salió pista aeropuerto Toncontin, procedente de Austin, Texas. Autoridades inician investigación, no hubo víctimas fatales, pero si lesionados según los bomberos. pic.twitter.com/y3Nx4mTLuM
— Thelma Mejia Lopez (@thelma_mejia) May 22, 2018
VIDEO Gulfstream G200 Galaxy Jet (N813WM) overran the runway after landing at Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport, Honduras. The aircraft went down a slope and broke into two. All 7 survived. (22-MAY-2018). pic.twitter.com/ZbAyXuyGq1
— Air Disasters (@AirCrashMayday) May 23, 2018
It’s not the first runway excursion at the airport: a Hercules C-130 in 1997 and TACA flight 390 registered EI-TAF in 2008.
Dato | Tres accidentes aéreos han ocurrido en la intersección que va hacia la Col. El Pedregal:
1997 (Hércules C-130)
2008 (TACA)
2018 (Gulfstream G200) pic.twitter.com/Ye9P82QtKv— TN5 (@TN5Telenoticias) May 22, 2018
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