A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737-800 suffered a nose landing gear failure after landing at Gazipasa Airport, Turkey on 9 May 2024.
Corendon Airlines flight XC1031 had landed on RWY08 at Gazipasa–Alanya Airport (GZP) when the incident occurred.
Corendon Airlines XC1031 Cologne-Gazipasa
The aircraft suffered a nose wheel tyre burst which led to damage to the nose wheel assembly during the landing procedure.
As a result, the aircraft came to a stop on the runway and was effectively disabled. Photographs taken on the scene show the aircraft at rest on the damaged nose landing gear strut.
According to local news source TV100, the flight from Cologne had 190 people on board, including 184 passengers and six crew members.
They were evacuated from the aircraft from its position on the runway. There have been no reports of any injuries as a result of the landing incident.
Airline Statement
A statement from Corendon Airlines has now been issued, confirming today’s landing event.
“The nose strut tires of the Boeing 737-800 type aircraft, registered 9H-TJF, operating Corendon Airlines flight CAI1031 Cologne-Alanya/Gazipaşa on May 9, burst during the landing. After the tires burst, the plane stopped safely on the runway.”
“There is no landing on the fuselage, there is no accident or damage. Passengers were safely disembarked from the plane using stairs, and there were no injuries or health problems among our 184 passengers and flight crew. There is no similar damage to the track.”
Due to an aircraft remaining on the runway, air traffic control diverted scheduled inbound flights to Antalya.
The airport confirmed that there was no runway damage. The airline’s technical team will inspect the aircraft, following which it will be removed from the runway.
The aircraft operating today’s flight XC1031 service from Cologne, Germany was a Boeing 737-800, registered 9H-TJF.
This is a 16.2-year-old narrowbody aircraft belonging to the carrier Corendon Airlines.
Click the banner to subscribe to our weekly Emergencies and Incidents newsletter.
Click the photo to join our WhatsApp channel so then you can stay up to date with everything going on in the aviation industry!