Boeing 747-300 crash, Feb 16, 2011, Madinah
Boeing 747-300 accident on February 16, 2011 near Madinah, Al-Madīnah al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The reason...
- Date: February 16, 2011
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-300
- Location: Madinah, Al-Madīnah al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The reason the aircraft left the paved taxiway was not established in the sources reviewed.
A Saudia Boeing 747-300 flying SV817 from Riyadh landed on runway 17 at Madinah and vacated by taxiway B. For reasons not established, it left the paved area onto sand, where the left main gear dug in and the left engines struck the ground. All 277 occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was written off.