Due to problems with the landing gear, a FedEx Boeing had to land on its fuselage in Istanbul. The incident is one of a series of breakdowns involving Boeing aircraft.
A plane from the logistics company FedEx had to land on its fuselage at Istanbul Airport. The airport announced on Wednesday on Platform X, formerly Twitter, that the reason was a problem with the front landing gear of the machine. The machine was a Boeing 763. Nobody was injured.
A video distributed by the DHA news agency showed how the Boeing touched down with the main landing gear and then slid over the runway for meters on the front part of the fuselage. The airport said the front landing gear could not be extended. The cargo plane took off from Paris. The error was apparently discovered before landing; the pilot had requested the control tower to land with the fuselage, it was said. Emergency services and the fire department were then dispatched to the runway, TRT reported. Emergency services continued to work on getting the plane off the runway in the morning. There was a hydraulic error in the chassis, TRT quoted the Turkish Ministry of Transport, which referred to a pilot’s statement.
Series of mishaps at Boeing
The incident is now in line with other breakdowns in Boeing aircraft. The company has been in a constant crisis since the crashes of two 737 Max jets with 346 deaths more than five years ago. A more than 20-month launch ban for the machines in the series and problems with other models have put the manufacturer far behind its European rival Airbus since March 2019. When a fuselage part finally broke out of an almost new 737-9 Max on an Alaska Airlines flight at the beginning of January 2024, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took action. Initially, machines were no longer allowed to start until a technical inspection was carried out. The authority also takes a close look at the production and control processes.
TRT report
Source: Stern
