Todos
← Back to Squawk list
Video - Iran Air B727 at Tehran on Oct 18th 2011, landed without nose gear
An Iran Air Boeing 727-200, registration EP-IRR performing flight IR-742 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) with 94 passengers and 19 crew, was on approach to Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport around 15:20L (11:50Z) when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach. Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Tehran's Mehrabad Airport where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was… (www.youtube.com) Más...I think there is no airport with a runway for maydays
pilots are very cooland skillfull. but bravest people are frequent fliers of iranian air.
in big airports,for using in such cases, there must be landing places fullfilled with mud which reduces speed easily than normal landing brakes and also prevents any electrical or frictional sparks. no flames even if fuel spoils.
in big airports,for using in such cases, there must be landing places fullfilled with mud which reduces speed easily than normal landing brakes and also prevents any electrical or frictional sparks. no flames even if fuel spoils.
How many airports have you seen with "mud" runways, just in case an aircraft wants to land in an emergency? I'm just glad that some people who have posted on here are not at the pointy end of any aircraft I fly on.
Let's put it this way, the local news crews were all out with their cameras to film the 727 landing there for the first time because no plane bigger than a Jetstream ever landed there before that. In addition, there were many comments from other aircraft in the area about hanging around to see the approaching accident. When the 727 comes to a stop - the entire nose is hanging over. the end of the runway. Bad...bad...bad