Ryanair flight lands on taxiway

A Ryanair flight from Girona in Spain to Cagliari , RYR 9265, operated by B737-8AS EI-DCE, landed on a taxiway at the Sardinian airport on Sunday morning last April 12. The taxiway is parallel to the main runway 14/32 and had been in use as the designated runway since December 20 2007 while the main runway was being upgraded. On Wednesday last April 8, runway 14/32 was re designated as the primary runway. In a statement Ryanair said that the aircraft had landed safely on the taxiway and the passengers had disembarked normally.  ENAC the Italian Civil Aviation Authority said that as no other aircraft posed a threat at the time of the landing a go around was not ordered. ANSV, Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo, the Italian National Flight Safety Agency has launched an investigation and has acquired the FDR and radio tapes as part of the process.

Posted 090414