Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Merpati Airlines airplane lands without left gear

Kupang, Indonesia - No injuries among passengers, airport closed for several days

A Fokker 100 aircraft of Merpati Airlines yesterday had to land at Kupang airport (Indonesia) without the left-hand gear, due to a technical failure. Flight MZ5840 departed from Ujung Pandang/Makassar and was carrying 88 passengers and 6 crewmembers, none of which has been injured. While approaching Kupang, the pilot noted that there was a problem with the left landing gear, which had not extended...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112171
Rome, Italy, 12/03/2009 16:25
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

Accidents"Black boxes" from Vilnius plane crash to be decrypted in Germany

Investigators from Spain and the US are also likely to be involved. The first data on Friday?

The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR), the "black boxes" of the B-737/400 aircraft operated by Swiftair on behalf of DHL, which crashed last Monday 25 November while approaching... more

AccidentsB-737/400 cargo plane crashes near Vilnius Airport, Lithuania

At the origin, it seems, a pilot-tower communication error. One victim and one seriously injured

Residential building with 13 inhabitants on fire: tragedy narrowly avoided. The aircraft, operated by Swiftair on behalf of DHL, had taken off from Leipzig airport more

AccidentsMorocco, DA-42 plane of the national Air Force crashes: 2 victims

The accident occurred this morning shortly after take-off for a training flight

The Moroccan press reports an accident happened this morning involving a Diamond DA-42 aircraft of the Moroccan Air Force, shortly after taking off from Ben Slimane airport, in the northwest of the country,... more