ISTANBUL: A FedEx Airways Boeing cargo aircraft landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday (Might 8) with out the entrance touchdown gear deployed and managed to remain on the runway, Turkey’s transport ministry stated.
The Boeing 767 plane, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, knowledgeable the site visitors management tower at Istanbul Airport that its touchdown gear didn’t open and it landed with steering from the tower, the ministry stated in its assertion.
Nobody was injured and the crew safely evacuated the plane, stated Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Turkey’s transportation and infrastructure minister.
Airport rescue and fireplace combating groups made essential preparations on the runway earlier than touchdown, the ministry stated, with out giving a purpose for the failure.
Social media video confirmed the Boeing 767 utilizing the again touchdown gear after which dipping its nostril with the entrance portion of the fuselage with sparks flying and smoke billowing because the entrance finish of the aircraft scraped alongside the runway, earlier than being doused with firefighting foam.
The runway the place the cargo aircraft landed has been briefly closed to air site visitors, however site visitors on the opposite runways on the airport was persevering with with none interruption, the airport operator IGA stated.
The runway the place the aircraft landed remained closed off whereas the plane was eliminated.