Runway Safety
Types of runway safety incidents include:
- Runway excursion - an incident involving only a single aircraft, where it makes an inappropriate exit from the runway.
- Runway overrun - a type of excursion where the aircraft is unable to stop before the end of the runway (e.g. Air France Flight 358).
- Runway incursion - an incident involving incorrect presence of a vehicle, person or another aircraft on the runway (e.g. Tenerife disaster).
- Runway confusion - an aircraft makes use of the wrong runway for landing or take-off (e.g. Singapore Airlines Flight 006).
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