Due to bad weather conditions, an accident occurred with an airBaltic plane at the “Riga” airport

The responsible services of the airport have taken the passengers from the aircraft to the terminal. The civil aviation agency told Latvian Television (LTV) that no one was hurt in the accident.

“airBaltic” also informed that no passengers were injured. All 89 passengers and seven crew members were safely brought to the airport terminal, while the plane will be taken to the hangar for further inspection.

Due to the accident, “airBaltic” diverted four flights – three to Vilnius airport in Lithuania (from London, Oslo and Malaga) and one to Tallinn airport in Estonia (Amsterdam-Riga), LTV stated in the airline.

(2) The airport runway is currently closed for one hour. The responsible services of the airport and representatives of the airline are working at the scene. Passengers who were scheduled to arrive or depart from Riga airport tonight are invited to contact their airlines.

— Riga Airport (@riga_airport) March 8, 2023

The runway was closed for 3 hours. Around At 2:40 a.m., the airport resumed work, the airport runway was opened for aircraft traffic after an inspection. The runway closure affected six inbound flights departing to alternate airports. Eight departing flights will reach their destinations with delays or have been rescheduled. Passengers whose travel plans are affected are being asked by the airport to contact their airlines.

The “Flightradar24.com” website shows that around At 22:30 local time, several planes had problems landing at Riga airport due to weather conditions. “airBaltic” flight from Helsinki to Riga landed on the third attempt. The same was true for the flight from Tallinn, which landed with the third approach.

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Riga Air Traffic controllers directed several planes to the so-called “waiting zone”, where they circled while receiving permission to land at Riga airport.

CONTEXT:

Forecasts show that a strong blizzard will continue in many places in Latvia on Wednesday evening and during the first part of the night. Wednesday evening until 20 on the coast of North Kurzeme, but later until 22 On the coast of the Gulf of Riga in Vidzeme, westerly wind gusts will reach 25-27 m/s at times, mostly 15-20 meters per second in the rest of the country.

There will be heavy snow and blizzards in the north of Kurzeme and the west of Vidzeme, in other places the snowfall will not be so intense. Roads in many places, especially in the northern and central parts of Kurzeme, as well as in Vidzeme, will be dusty, snow drifts will form on them, visibility will be very poor during a blizzard.

By mid-morning, the weather will start to improve.

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