Montpellier airport has been closed for an indefinite period, a freight plane having left the runway during the night during its landing without causing injuries, the Hérault prefecture announced on Saturday.
❌✈️ Last night a cargo plane in the landing phase at #Montpellier airport came off the runway.
No injuries.
⚠️ Montpellier airport @MPLaeroport is closed for an indefinite period to commercial flights and cargo flights.
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— Prefect of Hérault 🇫🇷 (@Prefet34) September 24, 2022
"As a security measure and while waiting for a specialized company to move the aircraft, commercial and freight flights" can no longer land in Montpellier for an indefinite period, the prefecture said in a press release.
The Office is investigating the accident expected on site
“The three people in the aircraft are unharmed.
They were able to be extricated and brought to safety thanks to the rapid intervention of the emergency services, “said the same source.
It was 2:50 a.m. when an Aéropostale plane, a Boeing 737 loaded with freight, missed its landing at Montpellier airport and ended its journey in the Mauguio pond located at the end of the runway.
The nose of the aircraft is currently submerged.
🔴 Montpellier airport is closed until further notice.
Last night, a B737 freighter went off the runway on landing.
The plane finished its course, its nose in the Mauguio pond.
▫️ No injuries in the crew.
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Sixty firefighters from the Hérault departmental fire and rescue service, including water rescue specialists, were dispatched to the scene with a team from SAMU, the air transport gendarmerie brigade and teams from the airport.
The Accident Investigation Office is expected on site.
