For different reasons, two Embraer ERJ regional jets ended up leaving the limits of the runway and taxiway on the same January 18th.
In Mozambique, an ERJ-135LR from the South African airline AirLink suffered a runway excursion after landing at Pemba Airport, coming from Johannesburg.
The aircraft, with 35 occupants, ended up stuck in the mud, but the passengers managed to leave it safely.
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Hours later, a Piedmont Airlines ERJ-145LR, working for American Eagle, had just landed at Rochester International Airport in New York when it slid off the taxiway.
A video on social media shows the aircraft in snow, which may have contributed to the incident. The N922AE jet had 53 people on board and there were no injuries.
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The cold weather in the Northern Hemisphere had already caused other similar incidents in recent days.
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The day before, a KLM Boeing 737-800 also slid off the taxiway at Gothenburg Airport in Sweden while preparing for takeoff. According to the weather report, it was snowing at the time.
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The incident with the AirLink ERJ-135LR ZS-SJX, however, occurred in hot weather, but a video taken by a passenger shows that it had rained and the runway was wet.
See below:
Aircraft from the South African air carrier #AirLink crashed this afternoon at around 2:10 pm normal landing time at Pemba International Airport when trying to make another landing. pic.twitter.com/U84qdOFnbZ
— Luis Nhachote 🇲🇿 (@luisnhachote) January 18, 2024