ISTANBUL: A FedEx Airways Boeing cargo airplane landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday (Could 8) with out the entrance touchdown gear deployed and managed to remain on the runway, Turkey’s transport ministry mentioned.
The Boeing 767 plane, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, knowledgeable the visitors management tower at Istanbul Airport that its touchdown gear did not open and it landed with steerage from the tower, the ministry mentioned in its assertion.
Nobody was injured and the crew safely evacuated the plane, mentioned Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Turkey’s transportation and infrastructure minister.
Airport rescue and hearth combating groups made obligatory preparations on the runway earlier than touchdown, the ministry mentioned, 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 airplane scraped alongside the runway, earlier than being doused with firefighting foam.
The runway the place the cargo airplane landed has been quickly closed to air visitors, however visitors on the opposite runways on the airport was persevering with with none interruption, the airport operator IGA mentioned.
The runway the place the airplane landed remained closed off whereas the plane was eliminated.
