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Airlink runway overrun in Pemba, Mozambique
4:58 CAT | 18 Jan 2024
Photo: @daddyhope/X
18 January 2024
Johannesburg
Airlink regrets to confirm one of its aircraft was involved in a wet runway excursion upon landing at Pemba in Mozambique this afternoon.
The Embraer 135 Regional Jet, registration ZS-SJX, operating as flight 4Z 204 from Johannesburg, had 32 passengers and three crew onboard. Everyone onboard disembarked from the aircraft through the main front entrance. At this time, there have been no reported injuries. Airlink and airport personnel at Pemba are taking care of the passengers and crew.
Airlink has notified the relevant Mozambique and South African authorities. The airport operator has closed the runway, but as soon as it re-opens, we will dispatch a back-up aircraft to Pemba and a recovery team who will assist with retrieving the aircraft, which had aquaplaned off the runway.
Airlink will also provide all necessary assistance to Mozambique’s investigators. As the country of occurrence, Mozambique’s Directorate of Air Accident Investigations will conduct the formal investigation into the occurrence.
We will provide updates as more verified information becomes available.
Although everyone is unharmed, alarming images emerged today of an Airlink plane sliding off the runway in Pemba, Cabo Delgado. pic.twitter.com/AdQ9ceNmra
— Africa Must Rise 🌍 (@AfricaRyz) January 18, 2024
An @Fly_Airlink aircraft overshot the runway when it landed at Pemba in Mozambique a while ago.
Pemba is the capital of the province of Cabo Delgado. pic.twitter.com/3yKGymzhC5
— Hopewell Chin’ono (@daddyhope) January 18, 2024
Source: Airlink via AVCOM
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