A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N179DN performing flight DL-28 (dep Aug 23rd) from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 209 passengers, suffered a hard landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle at 05:27L (03:27Z), the aircraft vacated the runway and taxied to the gate. No injuries occurred, the aircraft however sustained substantial damage.
The return flight DL-29 was cancelled.
The airline said the aircraft landed safely but sustained damage. All occupantes remained uninjured, the passengers disembarked at the jetway. The aircraft is currently undergoing examinations. French Authorities have opened an investigation.
It is currently not known with certainty which runway the aircraft landed on due to the aircraft's position remaining invisible in the radar data, however, position data of other aircraft arriving around the accident time show them all land on Charles de Gaulle's runway 09L.
Passenger Ginny believed the terminal was to the left hand side of the aircraft during the landing roll, the aircraft turned to the left towards the terminal (suggesting the aircraft landed on one of the runways 08). The aircraft shook violently during roll out, the aircraft stopped on the runway and emergency services responded. The captain announced they needed to be inspected as part of the standard operating procedures before proceeding to the gate, his instruments revealed no anomaly with the aircraft. Even after the aircraft had stopped there was mild shaking of the aircraft. After a number of fire trucks had arrived and about 10-15 firemen had swarmed out to inspect the aircraft, the aircraft taxied slowly to the gate, the shaking from side to side intensified during taxi, the trucks were following the aircraft to the gate. It was too dark to see any details/damage out there.
The return flight DL-29 was cancelled.
The airline said the aircraft landed safely but sustained damage. All occupantes remained uninjured, the passengers disembarked at the jetway. The aircraft is currently undergoing examinations. French Authorities have opened an investigation.
It is currently not known with certainty which runway the aircraft landed on due to the aircraft's position remaining invisible in the radar data, however, position data of other aircraft arriving around the accident time show them all land on Charles de Gaulle's runway 09L.
Passenger Ginny believed the terminal was to the left hand side of the aircraft during the landing roll, the aircraft turned to the left towards the terminal (suggesting the aircraft landed on one of the runways 08). The aircraft shook violently during roll out, the aircraft stopped on the runway and emergency services responded. The captain announced they needed to be inspected as part of the standard operating procedures before proceeding to the gate, his instruments revealed no anomaly with the aircraft. Even after the aircraft had stopped there was mild shaking of the aircraft. After a number of fire trucks had arrived and about 10-15 firemen had swarmed out to inspect the aircraft, the aircraft taxied slowly to the gate, the shaking from side to side intensified during taxi, the trucks were following the aircraft to the gate. It was too dark to see any details/damage out there.
