Air investigators have said that changes should be made in the way that pilots land during periods of bad weather, following an incident at Newcastle airport in the UK.
Inspectors from the Air Accident Investigation Branch made the recommendation to the Civil Aviation Authority following an incident at the airport in snow conditions.
One hundred and eighty nine passengers were evacuated from the Thomson Fly jet from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands after it over-shot the safety zone at the airport, but came to a halt on the paved surface.
The report reveals airport staff used approved equipment – the Standard Depth Gauge – and also visually assessed the snow on the runway.
The safety recommendations from investigators are aimed at improving guidelines nationally, and do not criticise staff at Newcastle Airport in particular.
Clearer national guidelines on measuring snow are also called for in the report as the current measuring systems used by the International Civil Aviation Organisation and European Aviation Safety Agency differ.
There were no injuries following the landing on November 25, 2010, but passengers described the plane shuddering as it touched down.
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