A Belavia Boeing 737-300 operating flight B2847 was performing its landing sequence when it overran the runway at Zhuliany airport in Kiev, Ukraine. The runway is 7579 ft/2310m long and the aircraft came to a stop at 100m past the end of the paved surface.
The aircraft involved is EW-336PA, which is a 24.5 year old 737-3Q8, rolled out from the runway on July 12 at 23:40 from Minsk. None of the 139 passengers and five crew members were injured.
Also in the news is Sky Express ATR 42 (SX-FOR) rolled off the elevated edge of the runway during line-up/backtrack at Naxos Airport (LGNX), Greece. None of the 3 crew or 49 passengers were injured.
