B752, Keflavik Iceland, 2019

B752, Keflavik Iceland, 2019

Summary

On 28 October 2019, a Boeing 757-200 bound for Keflavik after an overnight flight was advised that a previously landed aircraft had partially overrun the end of the only available 3,054 metre-long runway, which was therefore closed. With the braking action at alternate Reykjavik unavailable, the absence of other diversion options with the fuel remaining obliged the flight to commit to landing on the closed runway, which was obstructed only at its far end. ATC required an emergency declaration and then gave a ‘land at pilot’s discretion’ clearance, and an uneventful landing followed.

Description 

On 28 October 2019, a Boeing 757-200 (TF-ISF) operated by Icelandair on a scheduled overnight international passenger flight from Seattle to Keflavik as FI 680 was advised while on approach at destination that holding would be necessary due an HS125 having partially overrun the only available runway. The crew were aware that the weather at their alternate, Reykjavik, was fine but were unable to obtain the runway surface friction measurements. This eventually meant that they had to declare a ‘low fuel’ emergency in order to be permitted to land at pilot’s discretion on the still-closed runway in night visual meteorological conditions (VMC). This was achieved uneventfully using little over half the available runway length.

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