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Croatia Airlines A220-300 Runway Excursion During Aborted Take-Off at Split Airport
Occurred 16 May 2026·Detected 18 May 2026·
🇭🇷 Split Airport (SPU), Split, Croatia1 reportEnded 29 May 2026
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A Croatia Airlines Airbus A220-300 (registration 9A-CAN) suffered a runway excursion while aborting take-off from Split Airport on 16 May 2026. The aircraft, operating as flight OU412 to Frankfurt, veered left during its take-off roll on runway 23, with a landing gear wheel leaving the asphalt and running onto grass. The left-hand Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine reportedly struck a runway signboard during the excursion. Passengers were evacuated and minor material damage was reported; Croatia's air accident investigation agency AIN has initiated a formal inquiry.
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Impact verdict
Medium impact. A relatively new A220-300 (delivered less than a year ago) has sustained damage including a potential engine strike on a signboard, which could result in significant hull repair costs; however, no serious injuries are reported and the damage is described as minor, limiting overall loss magnitude.
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Aircraft registration 9A-CAN, an Airbus A220-300 operated by Croatia Airlines▾
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Incident occurred on 16 May 2026 at approximately 13:35 local time at Split Airport▾
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Flight OU412 was bound for Frankfurt when the take-off was aborted on runway 23▾
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Aircraft veered left and one landing gear wheel left the asphalt onto grass▾
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Passengers were evacuated after the aircraft stopped▾
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Minor material damage was caused to the aircraft▾
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Croatian air accident investigation agency AIN has classified the event as 'serious' and initiated an inquiry▾
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Croatian ATC, Split airport operator, and government emergency response centre were notified immediately▾
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Social media video purportedly shows reverse thrust was engaged during the incident▾
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The left-hand PW1500G engine reportedly struck a runway signboard during the excursion▾
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The aircraft was delivered less than a year ago▾
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The reason for the aborted take-off has not been clarified▾
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Full extent of damage to the aircraft and engine has not been confirmed▾
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Affected countries
🇭🇷 Croatia
Timeline
Status Change2 Jun 2026, 13:05
Lifecycle changed
monitoring → closed
Closure2 Jun 2026, 13:05
Event Closed
auto_closed_monitoring_timeout
Status Change29 May 2026, 05:30
Status changed to monitoring
Auto-transitioned: no updates for 6 hours
active → monitoring
Status Change28 May 2026, 22:36
Status changed to active
remediation: existing authoritative signal
signal → active
Initial Detection18 May 2026, 11:38
Initial Detection
A Croatia Airlines Airbus A220-300 (registration 9A-CAN) suffered a runway excursion while aborting take-off from Split Airport on 16 May 2026. The aircraft, operating as flight OU412 to Frankfurt, veered left during its take-off roll on runway 23, with a landing gear wheel leaving the asphalt and running onto grass. The left-hand Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engine reportedly struck a runway signboard during the excursion. Passengers were evacuated and minor material damage was reported; Croatia's air accident investigation agency AIN has initiated a formal inquiry.
During the aborted take-off, after braking, one of the aircraft's landing-gear wheels came off the asphalt surface of the runway on the [grass]. After the aircraft stopped the passengers were evacuated, and minor material damage was caused to the aircraft.
Source: FlightGlobal (Trade Media) · View source
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