An Enter Air charter operated by AirExplore — Boeing 737‑800 OM‑FEX with about 190 aboard — skidded off runway 25 at Kraków John Paul II Airport while landing from Antalya in heavy rain. No injuries were reported; KRK suspended operations for around two hours, prompting diversions and cancellations.
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The excursion forced Kraków Airport to suspend operations (about two hours) and led to diversions and cancellations; the aircraft (OM‑FEX) carried ~190 people and was evacuated with no injuries, creating immediate operational and recovery demands. See earlier instances of runway skids in heavy rain at Mumbai (Air India) for context: https://hype.aero/?story=3d063360-41d4-4e44-91e4-c1adce2676cc
The event is part of a string of recent incidents that have temporarily closed airports or disrupted schedules after landing/gear-related events, highlighting the impact of single-aircraft runway incidents on network resilience and airport recovery procedures; compare the WestJet runway/gear closure and its airport disruption: https://hype.aero/?story=1ec1e6b2-7204-47ce-80e9-d666ff4a9c41
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