Turkish Airlines incident Georgia

[Sky]

All,

I just watched the Georgian news. On the news they said that a Turkish Airlines aircraft landed on the wrong runway and that it has to do something with the same problems the aircraft had here in Amsterdam.

The news is still very fresh so don't shoot me if the information is incorrect!

I hope to get you all updated!

Ciao,

[Sky]

Some more news already:

Airliner unexpectedly landed at military airdrome
Airliner of Turkish Airlines, implementing the Istanbul-Tbilisi flight has unexpectedly landed at the Vaziani military airdrome instead of the Tbilisi International airport. Passengers have been remaining at the territory of the airdrome so far. Patrol and military polices have been mobilized at site.

Georgian representatives of the Turkish National Airlines have made no official comment so far. Giorgi Karbelashvili, the head of the Georgian Air Navigation said, representatives of the Turkish Airlines have confessed that the pilot`s mistake has caused the sudden landing at the military airdrome. He has presumably confused the landing paths.

A special ladder has been taken to site, by means of which the passengers will be evacuated and later they will leave the territory of the airdrome by buses. Investigation has been launched and it will show whether the sudden landing has been caused by the pilot`s mistake or other technical problems.

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[Sky]

Istanbul - Tbilisi

Flight Info Flight No Departure Airport Arrival Airport Aircraft Type Scheduled Departure Scheduled Arrival Departure Status
TK1382 IST XXX B738 13:10 15:25 DEPARTED
TK5982 IST TBS A320 18:00 21:15 DEPARTED
TK1386 IST TBS B738 23:30 02:45


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[flying_kiwi]

Wouldn't call it an accident.

Istanbul - Tbilisi
TK1382 IST XXX B738 13:10 15:25 DEPARTED
TK5982 IST TBS A320 18:00 21:15 DEPARTED
TK1386 IST TBS B738 23:30 02:45

Was the TK1382. The TK5982 was the replacement aircraft to pickup the passengers booked on the return flight, as the incident aircraft is being held at Vaziani pending investigation.

Not the first time an airliner has landed at the wrong airport, and it won't be the last.
With the airfields in Tbilisi located so close together, and with similar runway alignments, this always had the potential to occur. Interestingly, the Jeppesen charts for UGTB make no mention of the nearby airfields and has not warning of the chance of mistaking one for the other. That will probably change soon!

Regards,
Yorden

[Sky]

I've been to Tbilisi 7 times now and they always have the same route for landing. The news reported that the lights were off on the runway where the aircraft landed. They also reported that there were people injured.

That's why they would like to investigate if it was a mistake of the Captain or a TEC thing.

But as far as I read the Georgian News sites it's all not so big as the news (TV) told before.

[Key]

Topic title changed from 'accident' to 'incident'.