A Delta plane landed safely at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Wednesday morning without its front landing gear, according to the airline.
No injuries were reported among the two pilots, three flight attendants or 96 customers on board the Boeing 717, Delta said. The flight had left from Atlanta earlier in the morning.
A Delta Airlines Boeing 717-200, registration N955AT performing flight DL-1092 from Atlanta,GA to Charlotte,NC (USA) with 104 people on board, was on approach to Charlotte’s runway 36L when the crew initiated a go around due to a unsafe nose gear indication, climbed to 4000 feet and entered a hold to work the checklists. After working the checklists the crew declared emergency and requested emergency services on stand by. The aircraft performed a low approach to runway 36L, positioned for another approach to runway 36L and landed without nose gear extended at 08:54L (12:54Z) about 12 minutes after the second go around and about 30 minutes after the first go around. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway on its main gear and the nose. There were no injuries.
The airline reported the aircraft landed with the nose gear in its up position. The passengers deplaned onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal. There were 96 passengers and 5 crew on board (the crew reported 104 souls on board).
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the flight landed with its nose gear up.
Charlotte Douglas International Airport said the runway is “closed following a mechanical issue with Delta Air Lines. The Airport is working to remove the aircraft and reopen the runway.”
Source – https://abcnews.go.com and Aviation Harald