And Airbus A220-300 de Croatia Airlines with 132 passengers on board, it left the runway this Saturday during the takeoff operation at the airport in Splitwithout any of the occupants being injured.
The airport of the Croatian city of Split reported in a statement that the device, bound for the German city of Frankfurtwent off the track for unknown reasons and ended up stopping in a grassy area on the side of the track.
The plane suffered damage when it hit one of the pivots that mark the limit of the runway. However, all passengers and the five crew members were evacuated unharmed, and technical teams worked to remove the plane from the vicinity of the runway.
Open investigation
Air safety authorities have reported that an investigation has been opened to clarify the causes of the incident.
Split airport is the second busiest in Croatia, after Zagreb, with almost four million passengers in 2025, according to the specialized portal airserviceone.com.
