Boeing Passenger Plane's Front Tire Bursts Upon Landing In Turkey, No Casualties

The front landing gear strut was damaged on the Corendon Airlines plane, arriving from Cologne, Germany, as it landed at Alanya-Gazipasa airport in Antalya, Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 plane's front tire burst upon landing at an airport in southern Turkey on Thursday, the Turkish transport minister said, adding there were no casualties and all 190 passengers and crew were evacuated. Corendon Europe işletmesindeki Boeing-737-800 tipi uçağın burun iniş takımı kırılmış; bunun sonucunda lastiği patlamış ve ön dikmesi zarar almıştır.Her zaman olduğu gibi olayın ardından ilgili tüm birimlerimiz sahaya inmiş ve teyakkuza geçmiştir.Çok şükür ki, 184 yolcuda ve 6… pic.twitter.com/BZuDczMaer

The front landing gear strut was damaged on the Corendon Airlines plane, arriving from Cologne, Germany, as it landed at Alanya-Gazipasa airport in Antalya, Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.

"All our relevant units were on the field and were on alert. Thank God, there were no injuries to the 184 passengers and 6 crew," Uraloglu said on social media platform X, adding initial evaluations showed there was no damage to the runway, which was temporarily closed.