ISTANBUL: A FedEx Airways Boeing cargo aircraft landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday with out its entrance touchdown gear deployed and managed to remain on the runway, Turkey’s transport ministry stated, including that there have been no casualties.
The Boeing 767 plane, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, knowledgeable the visitors management tower at Istanbul Airport that its touchdown gear didn’t open and it landed with steerage from the tower, the ministry stated in its assertion.
Airport rescue and hearth combating groups made mandatory preparations on the runway earlier than touchdown, and nobody was injured, the ministry additionally stated, with out giving a motive for the failure.
Video footage obtained from Reuters confirmed 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 visitors, however visitors on the opposite runways on the airport was persevering with with none interruption, the airport operator IGA stated.
There was no instant remark from Boeing.
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 January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX aircraft.
The Boeing 767 plane, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, knowledgeable the visitors management tower at Istanbul Airport that its touchdown gear didn’t open and it landed with steerage from the tower, the ministry stated in its assertion.
Airport rescue and hearth combating groups made mandatory preparations on the runway earlier than touchdown, and nobody was injured, the ministry additionally stated, with out giving a motive for the failure.
Video footage obtained from Reuters confirmed 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 visitors, however visitors on the opposite runways on the airport was persevering with with none interruption, the airport operator IGA stated.
There was no instant remark from Boeing.
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 January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX aircraft.
