Did not stop the flight – skidded off the runway – Aftonbladet

The aircraft would land on Lapland Airport in Gällivare.

But something went wrong, the aircraft did not stop in time and skidded off the runway.

– I saw the red lights at the end of the runway and thought “this will not end well,” said a passenger on the plane.

the flight was a Nextjet flights on route from Stockholm to Gallivare. Previously, it had a stopover in Arvidsjaur.

According to Birgitta Eckermark at ARCC failed to stop the plane in time when it went down for landing.

– Instead it has drifted down with the nose the end of the runway, she said.

she says that no one should have been injured, but the airport is closed until further notice.

– Yes, because it is a plane on the runway has been closed all traffic and is now trying to salvage the plane, she said.

Birgitta Eckermark says the plane is difficult to because it is “a little loose lips” on the runway.

the 55 passengers who were board helped by plane.

“this will not end well”

A passenger who sat at the front of the plane when it landed immediately noticed that something was wrong.

– We just swished past the building you usually stop by, he said.

– Then I saw the red lights at the end of the runway and thought “this will not end well.”

He says that the plane managed to stop just before a catch behind an iron fence.

– There was enough mud and gravel that managed to stop the plane just in time. Otherwise it would have been able to go bad.

“Did dramatically out”

He said that the atmosphere was quite calm on the plane.

– I do not think so many understood what was happening. It was a very snowy weather.

A witness to the incident who waited for his uncle says that the plane came in with a “damn fast”.

– They went down late. Then thundered the further 150 meters approximately, he said.

He says that it looked very dramatically out.

– It was thoroughly deep tracks after the plane with full brake slipped in the mud .

at the airport would not comment on the incident at this time.

Nextjet: “undramatic”

Henning Lindberg, press officer at Nextjet says that the plane slid off the runway in path direction.

– It came between two and four meters long, now the plane was towed to a hangar, he said.

the reason for leaving the runway do not want Henning Lindberg speculate. he tells Aftonbladet that tomorrow will discuss the incident.

– we will go through it and decide whether to take any further action, he said.

It is currently unclear whether the passengers will be reimbursed in any way.

– We’ll discuss this but at the moment it seems that the event was very undramatic, he said.