Britannia Airways Flight BY226A crashed on landing at Girona Airport, Spain on 14 September 1999 and broke apart. Amazingly, there were no fatalities and very few serious injuries. Britannia Airways Boeing 757-200 in pre-Thomson colours Britannia Airways was the largest charter airline in the United Kingdom, rebranded as Thomsonfly in 2005. ... Girona-Costa Brava Airport (IATA: GRO, ICAO: LEGE) is an airport located twelve kilometres south from the city of Girona, next to the small village of Vilobí dOnyar, in the north-east of Catalonia, Spain. ...

The Boeing B757 holiday charter flight from Cardiff, Wales, UK, was landing in a storm at 21:47 UTC, (23:47 local) with 236 passengers and 9 crew. It left the runway, ran 343 metres across flat grassland beside the runway, before going diagonally over a substantial earth mound adjacent to the airport boundary, becoming semi airborne as a result. Beyond the mound it hit a number of medium sized trees and the right engine struck the boundary fence. The aircraft then passed through the fence, re-landed in a field and both main landing gears collapsed. It finally stopped after a 244 metre slide across the field. Damage was substantial: the fuselage was broken in two places and the landing gear and both engines detached. Remarkably, there were no fatalities and the injuries were few: 2 serious and 42 minor. The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661 ) is an aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. ... Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales and its largest city. ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff Official language(s) English, Welsh Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification    - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056  Area    - Total 20,779 km² (3rd in... ...

Airport authorities were heavily criticised after the incident, particularly for the fact it took rescue crews more than an hour to reach the scene. Indeed, some passenegers actually walked across the airfield to the terminal to seek help. ^{[1] [2]}

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AAIB preliminary findings

Links to AAIB translation of full Spanish report

BBN news report