Video: Scary! Myanmar pilot makes emergency landing with 'no front' wheel carrying 89 on board and....!
In a scary incident, a Myanmar pilot took a risk and made an emergency landing with around 89 people on board on Sunday. However, what even more scary here is that there were no front wheels while landing the passenger jet, as the aircraft's landing gear failed while landing.
Pilot’s presence of mind worked in this nailbiting situation and all passengers were landed safely, reportedly none were injured. Although, this was the second instance of a malfunctioning flight in less than a week within the country.
#MNA (Embraer 190) #Yangon-#Mandalay this morning, landing at the #Mandalay airport - Nose Lansing Gear failure on landing. Flight Capt. has done the amazing job. #Myanmar pic.twitter.com/7dDzSIs13V
— Cape Diamond (@cape_diamond) May 12, 2019
According to TOI reports, The flight UB-103 — an Embraer-190 model — was grounded at around 9 am in Mandalay with all 89 people on board including seven crew members, safe.
"They tried hard twice by flying around twice and asked to check whether the nose wheel dropped or not," said Ye Htut Aung, deputy director general of Myanmar's civil aviation department,
calling it a "technical fault".
"So they had to land with the back wheels... The pilot could land it skillfully," he said. "There were no casualties." Myanmar National Airlines is sending engineers to Mandalay to check on the aircraft, Ye Htut Aung said, adding that all jets get a daily flight check.
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First published: 12 May 2019, 15:32 IST