An Airplane From Warsaw Skidded Off The Track At Vilnius Airport

• 27.11.2025, 12:11

The airport was closed until almost morning.

An airplane was pulled off the taxiway at Vilnius airport, Lithuanian Airports reported on Nov. 26. The airport was reopened at 3.55 a.m. after the plane was removed from the taxiway, delfi.lt.

"The reasons why the plane left the taxiway will be investigated by investigators from the Ministry of Justice. After the visit of investigators at the scene of the incident, the plane will be removed from the taxiway, after which the airport will resume its work," Lithuanian Airports reported.

It was reported that the plane, which arrived from Warsaw at 13.34 hrs, went off the taxiway. None of the passengers were injured. At first it was reported that the airport would be closed until 5 p.m., then the closure was extended to 7 p.m., then to 10 p.m., finally it became known that the airport would not operate until midnight, then the closure time was extended twice more - to 1 a.m. and to 4 a.m.

At the time of the incident, 63 passengers and four crew members were on the plane. General Director of Lithuanian Airports Simonas Bartkus assured that the employees of Vilnius airport did everything to make sure that the track from which the plane slipped was in good condition.

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"It is not the time to speculate about the reasons - the investigation will find out everything. It's not the first airplane to go down, others have taken off, the walkways are constantly monitored. (...) Always do the usual actions that are required in winter. Today there was nothing unusual. According to our information, all necessary measures were taken to keep the walkways in good condition," the director said.

He said it is not yet completely clear how many passengers and flights were affected by the incident, but we are talking about several dozen. "Quite a few planes were diverted to other airports - Kaunas, Riga, others. Some companies have postponed flights and are waiting for the possibility of departure. We are talking about several dozens of flights," Bartkus said. He added that passengers should contact their airlines for compensation.