A LOT Polish Airlines Embraer E170 operating flight LO771 from Warsaw skidded off the runway while landing at Vilnius Airport at about 13:42 local time on Wednesday amid snowy conditions. The SP-LDK aircraft carried 63 passengers and four crew; there were no injuries and airport operations were temporarily halted.
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The excursion forced a temporary shutdown of Vilnius operations and disrupted traffic for arriving and departing flights; the aircraft had 63 passengers and four crew on board, and there were no injuries. See earlier hours-long closure at Vilnius after a separate incident this year.
Runway/taxiway excursions range in severity from operational delays to hull loss and casualties; recent examples include a regional jet destroyed by fire after a runway excursion and other skids that suspended airport operations during recovery and investigation (Kolwezi, Kraków).
For LOT, even a no-injury incident has scheduling and resource implications while the aircraft and slot disruptions are resolved; the carrier has recently been managing fleet and capacity changes that affect short-term resilience in its operations.
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(DE) LOT aircraft veers off runway in Vilnius • aviation.direct
LOT Embraer E170 overruns runway during snowy landing in Vilnius • Air Data News
(PL) Vilnius: LOT Embraer 170 Leaves Paved Surface During Landing Roll • rynek-lotniczy.pl
(DE) LOT Embraer E170 slides off runway in Vilnius • aerotelegraph.com
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• Bart Noëth