Last week, it emerged that an Air Arabia plane from Sharjah landed on the wrong runway in Tehran.
More information has come out regarding the incident. Below is what we know so far on this.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Air Arabia Plane Lands on Wrong Runway: G9201 Sharjah to Tehran…
Air Arabia flight G9201 is a routine scheduled flight between Sharjah and Tehran.
The plane, which landed on the wrong runway in Tehran, was A6-AOK.
Furthermore, as per data from Planespotters.net, A6-AOK is a 8.7 year old Airbus A320.
It was delivered to Air Arabia in August 2015.
Of the A320ceo variant, Air Arabia’s UAE subsidiary has 35 of them in the fleet, of which all are in active service.
Furthermore, the average fleet age for the variant at the airline is 9.9 years.
Air Arabia flight G9201, the plane which landed on the wrong runway in Tehran, departed Sharjah at 1222 local time on April 12.
It is understood that the aircraft landed safely into the Iranian airport at 1347 local time, as per RadarBox.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood that the aircraft landed on the wrong runway.
The crew on the plane were cleared to land on Runway 29R, but instead landed on 29L, which was the wrong runway in Tehran.
Investigation Opened…
The safety outlet mentioned that an investigation has been launched following the Air Arabia aircraft landing on the wrong runway in Tehran.
Data from RadarBox shows that the aircraft was stuck on the ground for four hours, before departing late back to Sharjah.
All eyes will be on what the outcome of the investigation determines.
But for now, all we can do is wait to see what the outcome of this turns out to be.
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