On 21 June 2018, an Airbus 220-300 completed its landing at Riga on the third attempt but after pilot mismanagement of directional control inputs once on the ground, a minor and brief veer off the side of the runway and associated edge lighting damage occurred. The Investigation was hindered because the aircraft operator did not promptly report the occurrence to the State Safety Investigation Agency. This was found to be attributable to an absence of corresponding procedures or recognition of the associated regulatory responsibility at the airline concerned.
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On 21 June 2018, an Airbus 220-300 (YL-CSC) being operated by Air Baltic on a scheduled international passenger flight from Geneva to Riga as BTI7QX left the runway soon after touchdown at destination in normal day visibility from its third approach. It then regained the runway but stopped when deflation of a nose landing geartyre and damage to runway edge lighting were initially suspected and then confirmed. The aircraft was eventually shut down and towed in to its allocated stand for passenger disembarkation.
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