A basic view of a FedEx Airways Boeing 767 BA.N cargo aircraft, that landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday with out deploying its entrance touchdown gear however managed to remain on the runway and keep away from casualties, on a runway in Istanbul, Turkey, Could 8, 2024.
Umit Bektas | Reuters
An investigation is underway after a FedEx Airways Boeing 767 cargo aircraft was pressured to make an emergency touchdown with out its entrance touchdown gear at Istanbul Airport, after the plane’s nostril gear did not deploy.
The jet used its again touchdown gear because it skidded onto the runway on Wednesday, and a video of the incident confirmed sparks flying and smoke because the nostril and entrance fuselage of the aircraft hit the bottom the place the entrance touchdown wheels ought to have been. The aircraft managed to remain on the runway, and there have been no casualties, in response to Turkey’s Ministry of Transport.
The ministry stated that the cargo jet, flying from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, alerted the Istanbul Airport management tower that its touchdown gear was not opening and was capable of land with steerage from the tower, in response to reporting from Reuters.
The ministry additionally stated that its groups had been finishing up examinations on the scene, whereas the U.S. Nationwide Transport Security Board (NTSB) introduced it would ship its personal investigators to Istanbul.
“The NTSB is sending a U.S. accredited consultant and three different investigators to Istanbul, Turkey for the investigation of FedEx flight 623 Boeing 767-300 touchdown with a retracted nosewheel touchdown gear,” a submit from the NTSB Newsroom’s account on X learn late Wednesday night time.
“The Republic of Turkey Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure – Transportation Security Investigation Heart will lead the investigation. Per ICAO Annex 13, any details about the investigation shall be launched by the Turkish authorities.”
CNBC has contacted Boeing for remark.
Boeing is within the midst of its newest security and public relations disaster after a door plug blew out from one in every of its 737 Max 9 planes midair in early January.
It had already spent years making an attempt to fix its picture after its security disaster of the 2018-2019 interval, throughout which two of its new 737 Max jets crashed inside a interval of six months, killing 346 folks.
The 737 Max was grounded worldwide for almost two years after that, and the following investigations discovered design issues within the plane, inadequate coaching of pilots on the brand new fashions, and the hiding of data from security regulators, resulting in billions of {dollars} in fines for Boeing and a senior administration shake-up.
The lately appointed new administration crew on the American aircraft making big is now tasked with regaining public belief, and says it “continues to assist the U.S. NTSB and FAA investigations of the Jan. 5 accident.”
