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| Date: | Thursday 3 January 2019 |
| Time: | 00:41 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8Q8 (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-ATV |
| MSN: | 30705/2001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 139 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) -
 Uganda
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
| Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET338, a Boeing 737-800, skidded off the runway by a few meters after landing on runway 17 at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda. The passengers and crew deplaned on site.
Runway 17 is 12000 ft (3658 m) long.
Weather reported about the incident time (2141Z, 2 Jan):
HUEN 022200Z 36002KT 9999 FEW019 FEW021CB 20/18 Q1017
HUEN 022130Z 00000KT 9999 FEW019 FEW021CB 20/18 Q1016
Sources:
https://www.ethiopianairlines.com/corporate/media/media-relations/press-release/detail/1047
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/et-atv#1f0ebf2d
Location
Media:
All flights to & from Entebbe International Airport hv been cancelled after @flyethiopian flight ET 338 skidded off the runway by a few metres. Inbound flights hv been diverted pic.twitter.com/T91UcD4gyH
— Sadab Kitatta (@sadabkitatta79) January 3, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2019 06:49 | harro | Added |
| 03-Jan-2019 06:51 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2019 07:32 | harro | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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