A plane that departed from Germany with 190 people on board landed safely on its nose gear in the Turkish resort of Alanya on Thursday despite a broken front tire. The tire of the Boeing 737 of the Turkish low-cost airline Corendon Airlines burst during landing due to an unknown cause.
All 190 people on board the plane that departed from Cologne/Bonn Airport were safely evacuated. This was reported by state broadcaster TRT. There were no reports of injuries, the Ministry of Transport said.
Praise for pilots
The incident took place at Alanya’s Gazipasa Airport around 11 a.m. (local time), as the broadcaster further reported. The plane’s front landing gear was damaged when it was briefly towed over the edge, Gazipasa district governor Orhan Altun told the broadcaster. At the same time, he praised the pilot’s “very successful landing maneuver.”
Alanya is a district in the southern coastal province of Antalya and is popular with tourists from Germany, Austria and other Western countries, especially in the summer season. It was initially unclear whether there were mainly holidaymakers on board.
The cause is being investigated
The incident is being investigated, the spokesperson said. Just on Wednesday, a Boeing 763 from the FedEx logistics group landed on the fuselage of Istanbul airport after problems with the front landing gear, the airport announced.
Source: Krone
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