Specialists say burst tyres on touchdown are comparatively frequent.
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A Corendon Airways Boeing 737 aircraft’s entrance tire burst upon touchdown at an airport in southern Turkey on Thursday, the Turkish transport minister stated, including there have been no casualties and all 190 passengers and crew had been evacuated.
The entrance touchdown gear strut was broken on the Corendon Airways aircraft, arriving from Cologne, Germany, because it landed at Alanya-Gazipasa airport in Antalya, Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu stated.
“All our related models had been on the sphere and had been on alert. Thank God, there have been no accidents to the 184 passengers and 6 crew,” Uraloglu stated on social media platform X, including preliminary evaluations confirmed there was no injury to the runway, which was quickly closed.
Corendon Europe işletmesindeki Boeing-737-800 tipi uçağın burun iniş takımı kırılmış; bunun sonucunda lastiği patlamış ve ön dikmesi zarar almıştır.
Her zaman olduğu gibi olayın ardından ilgili tüm birimlerimiz sahaya inmiş ve teyakkuza geçmiştir.
Çok şükür ki, 184 yolcuda ve 6… pic.twitter.com/BZuDczMaer
— Abdulkadir URALOĞLU (@a_uraloglu) May 9, 2024
On Wednesday, Turkish authorities launched an investigation right into a FedEx Airways Boeing 767 cargo aircraft touchdown at Istanbul Airport with out its entrance touchdown gear.
After Thursday’s incident, flights had been diverted to the principle Antalya airport and different close by airports, the minister stated.
Corendon stated in an announcement the aircraft halted safely on the runway after the tire burst.
Specialists say burst tyres on touchdown are comparatively frequent and usually require minor repairs, however can set off a seek for tyre particles or in some instances a passenger evacuation.
The aircraft concerned, which has six wheels, is completely different from the bigger 767 which made an emergency touchdown with out its entrance touchdown gear on Wednesday.
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