Dall'Aviation Herald:
A SATA Internacional Airbus A320-200, registration CS-TKO performing flight S4-124 from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon or flight S4-466 from Funchal to Lisbon (Portugal), experienced a very hard landing on Lisbon's runway 03 causing substantial damage to the airplane. No injuries occured.
The airline reported in a press release, that the newest airplane of their fleet, which entered service only in May 2009, will be out of service until September to repair the damage following the heavy landing on Lisbon's runway 03. The accident occured at the end of a flight originating in Ponta Delgada on Aug 6th.
Sources within the airline reported, that the airplane experienced a vertical acceleration of 4.6G on touch down causing substantial damage to the landing gear and one wing, where several rivets separated from the structure.
According to available radar data the airplane originated in Ponta Delgada on Aug 5th, flew flight S4-124 arriving in Lisbon at 18:15 local (17:15Z) and continued to fly the rotation S4-467 Lisbon-Funchal and S4-466 Funchal-Lisbon arriving back in Lisbon at 23:15 local (22:15Z) still on Aug 5th just before midnight. According to radar data the airplane did not depart Lisbon after this flight anymore.
If the press release by SATA is to be taken seriously discarding the obvious date error, the airplane would have flown two more sectors after the accident despite substantial damage to the landing gear and missing rivets in the structure of one wing.
The Aviation Herald contacted SATA's press office multiple times starting Monday (Aug 17th) asking for clarification about which flight number the airplane actually was performing, when it had the hard landing. Despite multiple promises to respond as soon as possible, no information has been provided so far.
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=41e7623d&opt=0
A SATA Internacional Airbus A320-200, registration CS-TKO performing flight S4-124 from Ponta Delgada to Lisbon or flight S4-466 from Funchal to Lisbon (Portugal), experienced a very hard landing on Lisbon's runway 03 causing substantial damage to the airplane. No injuries occured.
The airline reported in a press release, that the newest airplane of their fleet, which entered service only in May 2009, will be out of service until September to repair the damage following the heavy landing on Lisbon's runway 03. The accident occured at the end of a flight originating in Ponta Delgada on Aug 6th.
Sources within the airline reported, that the airplane experienced a vertical acceleration of 4.6G on touch down causing substantial damage to the landing gear and one wing, where several rivets separated from the structure.
According to available radar data the airplane originated in Ponta Delgada on Aug 5th, flew flight S4-124 arriving in Lisbon at 18:15 local (17:15Z) and continued to fly the rotation S4-467 Lisbon-Funchal and S4-466 Funchal-Lisbon arriving back in Lisbon at 23:15 local (22:15Z) still on Aug 5th just before midnight. According to radar data the airplane did not depart Lisbon after this flight anymore.
If the press release by SATA is to be taken seriously discarding the obvious date error, the airplane would have flown two more sectors after the accident despite substantial damage to the landing gear and missing rivets in the structure of one wing.
The Aviation Herald contacted SATA's press office multiple times starting Monday (Aug 17th) asking for clarification about which flight number the airplane actually was performing, when it had the hard landing. Despite multiple promises to respond as soon as possible, no information has been provided so far.
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=41e7623d&opt=0
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