All articles tagged with #nose gear
A Southwest Airlines flight from Fort Myers to Chicago Midway landed with both nose gear tires losing air pressure. Mechanics changed the tires and the aircraft was towed to the gate, with firefighters on scene; no injuries were reported and Southwest said the incident is under investigation.
A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reveals that a fractured lock link caused the nose gear of a Delta plane to fail to extend, resulting in an emergency landing at Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Despite the incident, all 104 passengers and crew on board were unharmed. The flight crew attempted to manually extend the gear but was unsuccessful, leading to the decision to proceed with the landing. The broken part has been sent to an NTSB lab for further investigation.
A Delta Air Lines flight made an emergency landing in Charlotte without its nose gear deployed. All 96 passengers, two pilots, and three flight attendants were safely evacuated from the aircraft. Delta expressed its commitment to passenger safety and will cooperate with investigations into the incident.