Flybe (Exeter) flight BE 202 from Manchester to Inverness landed at the Scottish airport at 10:14 am yesterday morning, January 20, before encountering ice on the runway and skidding off onto the nearby grass.
The aircraft involved was the pictured Bombardier DHC-8-402 (Q400) registered G-JEDW (msn 4093).
None of the 47 passengers and four crewmembers were injured by the incident and all were immediately transferred to the terminal building by bus.
Temperatures of -3° were recorded around the airport following the coldest night of the year in Scotland where temperatures dropped to -12°.
A Flybe spokesman said: “Flybe can confirm that, when taxiing at low speed at the end of the runway having landed safely at Inverness Airport this morning, the wheels of the Q400 aircraft skidded on the surface of the airfield causing it to slide onto the grass.
“The 47 passengers and four crew were unharmed and exited the aircraft by the stairs for bus transfer to the terminal where they collected their luggage as normal.
“The safety of its passengers and crew is the airline’s number one priority and Flybe regrets any inconvenience experienced as a result of this incident.”
Report by Assistant Editor Oliver Wilcock from Manchester.
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Copyright Photo: Keith Burton/AirlinersGallery.com. G-JEDW before its was repainted in the new livery.
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