Another Boeing Plane Narrowly Avoids Disaster After Landing Gear Failure
The plane was landing at Istanbul Airport in Turkey when it struck trouble, video from Turkey’s minister of transport and infrastructure shows.
Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure/Twitter
A Boeing 767 cargo plane operated by FedEx survived a touchdown at Istanbul Airport in Turkey without its front landing gear Wednesday, with video showing sparks and smoke flying from the plane after it tilted forward and hit the ground.
Turkey’s minister of transport and infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, posted footage of the incident on X, while confirming that no one was injured in the incident.
The flight was arriving from Charles de Gaulle in Paris when its pilot alerted the traffic control tower in Turkey that its landing gear had failed to deploy.
Paris’ten İstanbul Havalimanı'mıza sefer yapan Boeing-767 tipi kargo uçağı ön iniş takımlarının açılmaması sonucu pistimize iniş yapmıştır.
— Abdulkadir URALOĞLU (@a_uraloglu) May 8, 2024
Pilotun ön iniş takımının açılmadığı ile ilgili bilgi vermesi üzerine hemen kuleden kendisiyle irtibata geçilmiştir.
Havalimanı… pic.twitter.com/oRS2ASPJaC
Uraloğlu said airport officials helped the plane land safely with emergency fire extinguishing equipment and emergency response and medical teams on standby should the worst occur.
Two pilots were evacuated and were cleared after medical checks, he added.
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Subsequent videos posted by Uraloğlu show officials inspecting the aircraft before moving it off the runway. An explanation for the the landing gear’s failure was not provided, though he said teams were investigating.
İstanbul Havalimanı’mızda gövdesi üzerine inen kargo uçağının ekiplerimiz tarafından kaldırılma çalışmaları başarıyla tamamlandı.
— Abdulkadir URALOĞLU (@a_uraloglu) May 8, 2024
Pistimiz, uçağın çekilmesinin ardından hassasiyetle temizlendi.
Gerçekten işinin ehli olan ekiplerimiz, pist alanında saatler süren, organize ve çok… pic.twitter.com/6aihhaqVqL
The hard landing comes after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration confirmed a fresh investigation into Boeing Monday, after the aircraft manufacturer disclosed possible failures on mandatory safety inspections of its 787 Dreamliner planes.
The FAA was “investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records,” it said.
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