The crew of a FedEx Boeing 767 had to land with their nose gear retracted, after getting an unsafe gear indication. There were no injuries.
This accident happened on Wednesday the 8th of May. It involved flight FX-6238, departing from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (LFPG). The flight’s destination is Istanbul Airport (LTFM) in Turkey.
Photo: @JacdecNew via X (formerly Twitter)This is a back-of-the-clock flight, departing from Paris at 3:36 AM. On the day of this accident, the FedEx 767 crew left Paris on time, making what appears to be a routine departure using runway 09R.
Then after spending most of their cruise at FL390, the crew set up an approach into Istanbul’s runway 16R. However, the FedEx crew abandoned their first approach at approximately 1,650 feet, because their 767 gave them an unsafe gear indication.
Photo: @JacdecNew via X (formerly Twitter)FedEx 767 Stops Safely on the RunwayThe crew climbed back up to 3,000 feet, as they worked through their checklists. Ab..