Air Canada - Runway excursion - Curt Lewis

Incident: Canada A320 at Toronto on Feb 25th 2017, runway excursion on landing

An Air Canada Airbus A320-200, registration C-FDRP performing flight AC-623 (dep FEb 24th) from Halifax,NS to Toronto,ON (Canada) with 112 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Toronto's runway 15R at 00:02L (05:02Z) in low visibility but veered right off the runway and came to a stop disabled on the runway. The crew announced "stopping on the runway" prompting tower to instruct the next two arrivals to go around. The crew subsequently advised they had veered right off the runway and needed the trucks (emergency services). Emergency services and busses responded, the passengers disembarked onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal. The runway is still closed about 13.5 hours after the runway excursion. The Canadian TSB have dispatched a team of investigators on site. The airline reported the aircraft temporarily left the paved surface of the runway before returning onto the runway. The airport reported the aircraft has been moved off the runway by now, repairs and runway inspection are underway, the TSB investigation is ongoing. On Feb 26th 2017 the TSB reported the aircraft performed an ILS approach to runway 15R. During the landing sequence the aircraft travelled through the grass on the western (right hand) side of the runway and came to a stop on the runway center line. There were no injuries, the aircraft received minor damage, 5 runway edge lights were damaged, too.