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A GetJet Airlines Boeing 737-800, operating on a wet lease for Wizz Air, tipped back onto its tail after landing at Haugesund Karmoy Airport in Norway. The aircraft was scheduled to return to Šiauliai, Lithuania, for maintenance before resuming service.
Jan Ove Solstrand, Operations Manager at Haugesund Airport, explained that the incident was due to a weight imbalance during unloading. "The aircraft tipped backward due to a weight imbalance," Solstrand stated, noting that this resulted in damage to the aircraft's aft section. The affected Boeing 737-800 had completed flight W6 1749 from Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport and landed in Haugesund at noon local time.
In response to the incident, GetJet Airlines dispatched an Airbus A321ceo as a replacement for the return journey from Haugesund to Gdansk. This A321ceo departed Vilnius Airport and arrived at the Norwegian airport later on June 10th. Wizz Air flight W6 1750 subsequently took off from Haugesund and landed in Poland around eight hours behind schedule.
