Boeing cargo plane lands in Istanbul without front landing gear, no casualties
Airport rescue and fire fighting teams made necessary preparations on the runway before landing
A FEDEX Airlines Boeing cargo plane landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday (May 8) without the front landing gear deployed and managed to stay on the runway, Turkey’s transport ministry said, adding that there were no casualties.
The Boeing 767 aircraft, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, informed the traffic control tower at Istanbul Airport that its landing gear failed to open, and it landed with guidance from the tower, the ministry said in its statement.
Video footage obtained from Reuters showed sparks flying and smoke billowing as the front end of the plane scraped along the runway before being doused with firefighting foam.
The runway where the cargo plane landed has been temporarily closed to air traffic, but traffic on the other runways at the airport was continuing without any interruption, the airport operator IGA said. REUTERS
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