THIS is the terrifying moment a Boeing cargo plane crash-landed on its nose after its front landing gear failed.
The 767 aircraft, which belonged to the US mail service FedEx, was travelling from Paris to Istanbul and sent sparks flying as it nosedived on the runway.
It only made a second effort at landing, “pecking” into the runway with its nose.
Turkey’s minister of infrastructure and transportation, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, stated that no one was hurt and that the crew had safely departed the plane.
He said that while the aircraft was being removed, the runway where the plane had landed was closed.
Following the incident, Istanbul Airport operator IGA said: “The accident was taken under control without any loss of life with the immediate intervention of the İGA Istanbul Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting team (ARFF), which was ready on the runway before the controlled landing on the fuselage.”
“IGA Istanbul Airport Rescue and ARFF continues its efforts to move the aircraft to a safe area and open the runway to flight traffic.
“Flight traffic and operations continue smoothly on all other runways, including the spare runways.”
This is the latest blunder involving the controversy-hit plane maker.
In April, a Boeing 747 was caught on camera bouncing along the runway.
The Lufthansa Airlines plane was seen dramatically smashing into the ground twice in Los Angeles Airport (LAX) before the pilot gave up and aborted the rough landing.
Scary livestream footage shows Boeing’s biggest jumbo jet, the 747-8i, swooping down towards the runway ready to land before disaster strikes.
It’s still unknown why the two failed attempts took place.
A massive white cloud of smoke is seen flying into the sky as the back wheels scrape the ground in the video.
Before the jet is sent soaring upwards, returning to the air for a few seconds.
Even though all sets of wheels touch down this time, the second attempt at landing ends in a similarly miserable fashion.
It bounces into the ground once again before jerking upward in an unsightly manner.
Following the second significant incident, the pilot ultimately decided not to proceed with the landing and took off again.
Regular aviation enthusiasts Airline Videos Live captured the terrifying clip and posted on their website.
Two days earlier, a wheel fell off a Boeing 737 fully loaded with passengers as smoke billows from the commercial jet.
Dramatic footage showed the plane grinding along the runway before it was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff.
Worried airport safety staff at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, noticed the FlySafair aircraft had damaged its undercarriage on takeoff.
Before landing, the plane made a low pass over the airport so technical teams could visually inspect the landing gear, the airline said.
Upon inspection of the damage, engineers found one of four rear wheels had been clipped during takeoff and ordered the plane down.
