And plane of Delta Airlines landed at airport North Carolina without the front wheels and without a balance of victims among the crew and passengers, according to information released in local networks and media.
“On Delta flight 1092 and we just landed in Charlotte, no landing gear! The crew was incredible and the pilots landed without problems! ”, the user who identifies himself as Kparks pointed out this Wednesday on Twitter.
The aircraft, a Boeing 717, managed to land this Wednesday morning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport without the landing gear extended, Delta AirLines confirmed in a report from WSOCTV.
The plane had departed at 7:25 am from Atlanta and its final destination was Charlotte, said the airline, which also reported that two pilots, three flight attendants and 96 passengers were on board.
He also specified that the plane landed with the nose gear in the “up” position, and that the aircraft stopped safely on the runway, with no casualties.
Just another ship from this company was related to another unusual and dangerous accident at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusettsin which two aircraft of United Airlines y Delta AirlinesNo injuries were reported in the incident.
The United aircraft (UA369) was preparing to carry out a maneuver on the runway, moving at very low speed, when the tip of its left wing impacted the tail of a Delta aircraft that remained stationary.
Both aircraft had passengers inside when the event occurred, which did not cause injuries or serious damage to the fuselage and wings of the aircraft.
Alex Wilsonone of the passengers who was flying on Delta assured CNN They were waiting to take off when he felt the plane rock from side to side for a few seconds. “It (was not) immediately clear what caused this, although it felt like a brief earthquake,” she said.
Within seconds of the strange jolt, the pilot spoke into the intercom to inform passengers that another plane had hit its tail.
The United Airlines plane was headed to Newark, while the Delta plane was headed to Detroit. Both aircraft were towed off the runway.
In July 2022, two Delta Airlines planes suffered a minor collision on the ground at the Miami International Airport in Florida. Delta flights 2911 and 1654, bound for Boston and Atlanta, were delayed for approximately five hours before taking off for their respective destinations.
