Incident
On the evening of 2 November 2002, one of Euroceltic's aircraft (Fokker F-27 registered G-ECAT) was involved in an accident at Sligo Airport. The aircraft was coming into land on Runway 11, after a routine flight from Dublin, when it overran the runway. After skidding about halfway down the runway, the aircraft eventually came to rest with the nose of the aircraft in the sea, and the main landing gear on an embankment. Passengers were evacuated and there were no reported casualties. However the plane was declared a write-off by the company two weeks later, due to the saltwater damage on the fuselage. The cause of the accident was later declared to be strong tailwinds and a wet runway.
The aircraft was carrying the Irish rock band Aslan.
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