On 20 October 2023, a Boeing 737-800 made a normal touchdown at Leeds Bradford in strong crosswind conditions, but deceleration and an on-centreline trajectory was not maintained. It then veered off the left side of the wet runway at around 55 knots before quickly stopping in muddy ground six seconds later. The excursion was attributed to inappropriate management of both braking and directional control during the landing roll. To some extent, this may have been influenced by the sudden onset of nosewheel juddering due to wheel bearing failure, although this would have had no consequence for available directional control techniques.
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On 20 October 2023, a Boeing 737-800 (G-TAWD) operated by TUI Airways on an international passenger flight from Corfu to Leeds Bradford veered off the side of the wet runway after touchdown was mismanaged in daytime instrument weather conditions (IMC) with a crosswind. Juddering of the nose landing gear occurred, and main and nose landing gear tyre damage was subsequently found. Damage to the aircraft was otherwise minimal, and there were no injuries to the 201 occupants who were eventually able to disembark the aircraft normally and board ground transport to the terminal.
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