A Monarch flight that skidded onto grass after landing at Birmingham airport was travelling at twice the speed it should have been, an investigation has revealed.
An inquiry into the landing, in which some of the 137 passengers on board were flung from their seats, found the pilot was rushing to clear the runway to make space for another aircraft, said the Daily Mail.
There were no injuries to the passengers who were returning to Birmingham from Nice, but the plane’s tyres and wheels were damaged in the incident, which happened last September.
An Air Accident Investigation Branch inquiry found that the plane was taxiing at 23 mph, 12mph above the recommended speed as it travelled from the runway towards the gate.
The report stated: ‘Initially the aircraft responded as expected but as the turn progressed the aircraft became uncontrollable and started to skid towards the edge of the taxiway.
‘The commander applied the brake pedals fully but the aircraft departed the taxiway onto adjacent grass and stopped.’
The report said: ‘Initially the aircraft responded as expected but as the turn progressed the aircraft became uncontrollable and started to skid towards the edge of the taxiway.
"The commander applied the brake pedals fully but the aircraft departed the taxiway onto adjacent grass and stopped."
