AzAL issues official statement on Azerbaijani plane that veered off landing strip at Ataturk Airport - PHOTOSESSION

AzAL issues official statement on Azerbaijani plane that veered off landing strip at Ataturk Airport  - <font color=red>PHOTOSESSION</font>
# 12 August 2010 14:49 (UTC +04:00)
The statement undersigned by spokesman for AzAL Maharram Safarli says that Airbus-319 owned by AzAL took off from Baku at 10.06 local time and landed at Ataturk airport at 10.40 Turkey time. After landing the plane turned and veered off the landing strip. None of the 8 crew members and 119 passengers was injured.

AzAL and Turkish Civil Aviation officials set up commissions to investigate the causes of the accident.

According to initial investigations, the pilot failed to regulate the speed after landing. Front chassis curved and engine cover was damaged.
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THE OPERATION IS BEING PERFORMED