Newport Beach, Calif.-based Soar recently headed to Ecuador to remove an aircraft that had overrun the runway and come to rest in a sloping field at SECU International Airport, preventing further use of the runway.

The Embraer E190 overran the runway by a reported 300 feet, stopping just short of and above a public street. One main gear collapsed and one main gear was partially buried in a ditch, and the aircraft came to rest facing in the opposite direction of the line of travel and on an incline. The aircraft AOG recovery and repair specialty company coordinated with the airport, airline, insurers, the DGAC, City of Cuenca Civil Engineering and heavy equipment supplier Equigruas.

Over the course of four days, crews under the direction of Soar restored the center of gravity to prevent the aircraft moving backwards over the perimeter wall and into the street, extracted and restored its landing gears, secured the engines and equipment and built a short road back toward the runway. The aircraft was then towed back to the tarmac without further damage.