A Boeing cargo aircraft has landed at Istanbul Airport with out its entrance touchdown gear, sending sparks flying alongside the runway.
Social media footage on Wednesday confirmed the Boeing 767 belonging to FedEx Specific utilizing solely its again touchdown gear to land, finally dipping its nostril onto the runway.
The video reveals sparks coming off the runway because the aircraft drags throughout it.
The aircraft was on the final leg of its flight from Paris to Istanbul when its pilots knowledgeable the visitors management tower at Istanbul Airport that its touchdown gear didn’t open, Turkey’s transport ministry mentioned.
The pilots landed the aircraft with steering from the tower, the ministry mentioned in an announcement, including the communications meant airport rescue and firefighting groups might make crucial preparations on the runway earlier than touchdown.
Footage reveals responders on the bottom spraying water on the tarmac and on the aircraft inside 20 seconds of it coming to a standstill.
Nobody was injured and the crew safely evacuated the plane, mentioned Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Turkey’s transportation and infrastructure minister.
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The runway the place the aircraft landed remained closed off to different visitors whereas the plane was eliminated, he added.
A spokesperson from FedEx mentioned: “FedEx Specific Flight 6268, a Boeing 767, was en route from Paris, France to Istanbul, Turkey when it skilled a problem throughout touchdown Wednesday morning.
“There have been no reported accidents to our crew members. We’re coordinating with investigation authorities and can present further data as it’s obtainable.”
Sky Information have contacted Boeing for remark.
Boeing determined to overtake its administration this yr amid mounting strain from airways, regulators and traders because it grapples with a rising disaster following a mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX plane in January.
A fresh investigation has also been opened into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner – after the agency mentioned a number of staff had dedicated “misconduct” by falsely claiming checks had been accomplished.