Serious Incident to the Airbus A320, registered HZ-AS38 and operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines, on 05/22/2016 at Taïf [Investigation led by AIB / Saudi Arabia]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Saudi authorities:

Landing event, hard landing.

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General information
Local date	22/05/2016
Responsible entity	Saudi Arabia - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Saudi Arabia
Location	AD Taif
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Minor
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2016-0314

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian Airlines
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A320
Aircraft Registration	HZ-AS38
State of registry	Saudi Arabia
Last departure point	Saudi Arabia - OEDF (DMM): Dammam/King Fahd Intl
Planned destination	Saudi Arabia - OETF (TIF): Taif
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	4432
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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