Terrifying moment Boeing plane NOSEDIVES on runway and sends sparks flying after landing gear failed
THIS is the terrifying moment a Boeing cargo plane crash-landed on its nose after its front landing gear failed.
The 767 aircraft, which belonged to the US mail service FedEx, was travelling from Paris to Istanbul and sent sparks flying as it nosedived on the runway.
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It only made a second effort at landing, “pecking” into the runway with its nose.
Turkey’s minister of infrastructure and transportation, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, stated that no one was hurt and that the crew had safely departed the plane.
He said that while the aircraft was being removed, the runway where the plane had landed was closed.
Following the incident, Istanbul Airport operator IGA said: “The accident was taken under control without any loss of life with the immediate intervention of the İGA Istanbul Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting team (ARFF), which was ready on the runway before the controlled landing on the fuselage.”
“IGA Istanbul Airport Rescue and ARFF continues its efforts to move the aircraft to a safe area and open the runway to flight traffic.
“Flight traffic and operations continue smoothly on all other runways, including the spare runways.”