Boeing cargo plane lands in Istanbul without front landing gear

A general view of a FedEx Airlines Boeing 767 cargo plane, that landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday without deploying its front landing gear but managed to stay on the runway and avoid casualties, on a runway in Istanbul, Turkey, May 8, 2024 ISTANBUL: A FedEx Airlines Boeing cargo plane landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday without the front landing gear deployed and managed to stay on the runway, Turkey's transport ministry said.

No one was injured and the crew safely evacuated the aircraft, said Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Turkey's transportation and infrastructure minister. Social media video showed the Boeing 767 using the back landing gear and then dipping its nose with the front portion of the fuselage with sparks flying and smoke billowing as the front end of the plane scraped along the runway, before being doused with firefighting foam.

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