A problem occurred with a Boeing 737 of Corendon Airlines, where the front wheel burst during landing at an airport in southern Turkey. This is the third aircraft of the American aircraft manufacturer to encounter an issue within three days. The Turkish Minister of Transportation announced that the 190 passengers – 184 passengers and 6 crew members – were safely evacuated, and there are no casualties. The aircraft had departed from Cologne, Germany, and landed at Antalya-Gazipaşa Airport in Antalya, according to Minister Abdulqadir Urąloğlu.
All relevant services were on site and on alert, there were no injuries among the 184 passengers and 6 crew members, expressed Mr. Urąloğlu in a post on X. Based on initial indications, there was no damage to the runway, which was temporarily closed. In its statement Corendon mentioned that the aircraft stopped safely after the tire burst. Experts say such incidents are common and usually require only minor repairs, but in some cases, the aircraft may need to be evacuated or an investigation initiated to locate tire debris on the runway.
Within three days, three Boeing aircrafts experienced problems. Specifically, in Senegal, a Boeing 737 experienced a problem during takeoff, veered off the runway, and stopped in bushes, resulting in 11 passengers being injured, four of them seriously. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, a total of 78 people were on board the Transair aircraft. Yesterday, a FedEx Airline Boeing 767 cargo aircraft made an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport without the front landing gear system, but managed to stay on the runway, announced the Turkish Ministry of Transport, clarifying that there were no injuries. The Boeing 767, which was flying from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, informed the control tower at Istanbul Airport that the landing gear system did not deploy and landed under the tower’s instructions, according to the ministry’s statement.
