The month of December 2024 continues to be particularly difficult for the aviation sector with a new major incident occurring in Norway. This event joins a series of recent accidents, including crashes in Kazakhstan and South Korea, as well as a narrowly avoided disaster in Halifax.
The incident involves a KLM Boeing 737-800 which had to make an emergency landing at the airport of Sandefjordin Norway. The device, which connected Oslo has Amsterdamcarried 176 passengers and 6 crew members. News which is reminiscent of the numerous announcements recently made concerning various air incidents around the world.
Technical incident and forced landing
Shortly after takeoff from Oslo, the crew heard a ” deafening noise“, signaling a malfunction in the hydraulic system. This technical anomaly forced the pilots to divert the aircraft to the nearest airport for an emergency landing. During the maneuver, the plane left the runway, ending up in the grass at low speed.
Images of the incident, widely relayed on social networks, show the plane immobilized on the grassy field and the evacuation of passengers. Fortunately, no injuries were reported among the occupants, who all received support after the incident. Images which leave you speechless and which inevitably arouse concern.
Aviation safety concerns
This event raises new questions about aviation safety, particularly at the end of 2024 marked by several serious incidents. It also highlights the importance of emergency procedures and crew training, whose rapid reaction helped avoid more dramatic consequences.
On social networks, images of the device were broadcast. A complicated end to the year therefore, for the airline sector, which would have done well without this bad press… Starting with Boeing, whose setbacks continue to come one after the other, questioning the ability of the American aircraft manufacturer to bounce.
