What happened
On August 26, 2008, at 17:45 eastern time, an Air France Boeing 747-436, registration F-GITC, landed at Montreal Pierre Trudeau International Airport. The aircraft, operating as flight 346 from Paris, France, was exiting runway 2cap 24R. During the landing rollout while approaching taxiway B2, the nose gear deflected to the right.
The crew responded by applying maximum braking, and the aircraft came to a stop with the nose gear positioned on the grass, approximately 26 feet to the right of the runway. While the nose gear left the paved surface, the main gear remained on the runway. There were no injuries to the passengers or crew, and all passengers were deplaned using passenger transfer vehicles. No damage to the aircraft was identified.