Watch: Boeing plane skids on runway as landing gear fails
The Boeing 767, belonging to FedEx Express, was on the last leg of its flight from Paris to Istanbul when the pilots realised the front landing gear failed to open
A cargo aircraft made an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday after its front landing gear failed.
A video on social media showed the Boeing 767 belonging to FedEx Express using the back landing gear and then dipping its nose with the front portion of the fuselage.
The plane was on the last leg of its flight from Paris to Istanbul when the pilots realised the front landing gear failed to open, the state-run Anadolu Agency said.
No one was injured and the crew safely evacuated the aircraft, said Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, the transportation and infrastructure minister for the Turkish government.
The runway where the plane landed was closed off while the aircraft was being removed, he added.
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