An airplane of the Royal Air Morocco (RAM) went off the runway this Saturday, August 17 at Monrovia International Airport, Moroccan media report.
The plane, a Boeing 737-800, was operating a flight between Casablanca and the capital of Liberia, in West Africa. The accident occurred at night, early in the morning of Saturday, August 17 (05:15 GMT).
According to the Moroccan website le360.m, the Royal Air Maroc plane abruptly changed trajectory and landed on runway number 4 at Monrovia airport.
The aircraft registered as CN-RGW then returned to the centre of the runway to abandon it and be towed to the parking area.
The crash did not cause any casualties, but the plane did suffer some damage to its landing gear. No one was injured and the damage to the plane’s landing gear was minor, according to the same site. The passengers on this flight, whose number was not specified, left the plane normally.
Royal Air Maroc Plane Leaves Monrovia Runway: No Injuries
An anonymous source from Royal Air Maroc, quoted by the same media, blamed the weather conditions prevailing in Monrovia, but an investigation has been opened to determine the exact causes of this accident.
Other Moroccan media reported torrential rains and adverse weather conditions when the plane landed, which remained grounded and unable to make its return flight between Monrovia and Morocco’s economic capital.
Royal Air Maroc, which did not communicate during this runway excursion, has not suffered a fatal accident since 44 people died in the crash of an ATR-42 aircraft near Agadir in August 1994.
But the Moroccan airline, which has a fleet of 50 planes and provides various services to Africa, has suffered numerous safety incidents. On April 26, a RAM plane turned back a few minutes after takeoff from Tunis airport after one of its engines ingested birds.