Iran Air Flight 742
EP-IRR, the aircraft involved | |
Accident summary | |
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Date | 18 October 2011 |
Type | Non-deployment of landing gear |
Passengers | 94 |
Crew | 19 |
Injuries | 0 |
Fatalities | 0 (none) |
Survivors | 113 |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-200 |
Operator | Iran Air |
Tail number | EP-IRR |
Flight origin | Sheremetyevo International Airport Moscow, Russia |
Destination | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran, Iran |
On 18 October 2011 at 15:20 local time, Iran Air Flight 742, a Boeing 727-200, registration EP-IRR, was approaching Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport from Sheremetyevo International Airport with 94 passengers and 19 crew, 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 Mehrabad International Airport where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended. The crew subsequently performed a landing without the nose gear on runway 29L at about 16:00 local time and came to a stand still on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft was evacuated, no injuries occurred. The crew of this flight were included of many experienced pilots named: Captain Rastegarifard, Captain Aghdaee, Captain ghorbanpoor, captain shah bazi and engineer Derakhshandeh.
External Links
- Plane Lands With Broken Front Landing Gear, MostWatchedToday.com
- Watch This Iran Air Pilot Stick the Landing with No Front Wheels Hypervocal.com
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