Incident involving Boeing 767 jet operated by FedEx comes amid intense scrutiny of troubled planemaker
cargo plane has been forced to land at Istanbul airport without its front landing gear, in the latest setback for the embattled planemaker.
The Boeing 767 aircraft, flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday, informed the traffic control tower at Istanbul airport that its landing gear had failed to open and it landed with guidance from the tower, the ministry sai. Video of the incident shows the plane’s back wheels touching down, followed by its fuselage, with sparks and smoke streaming from its underside. The plane then skids to a halt, remaining on the runway.The runway has been temporarily closed to air traffic, but traffic on the other runways at the airport was continuing without interruption, the airport operator IGA said.
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