Saudi jet makes emergency landing in Pakistan

[alberttky 0]

KARACHI: A Saudi Arabian chartered jet made an emergency belly landing in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Sunday after one of its nose wheels jammed, a civil aviation spokesman said.

 

The MD-83 Saudi plane, carrying 72 passengers and crew members, was en route from the northern Saudi city of Tabuk to Quetta in Pakistan when the pilot diverted the jet to Karachi over concerns about the wheels.

 

"The aircraft made an emergency belly landing. All 72 passengers and crew remained safe," Pervez George, spokesman for Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, told AFP.

 

George declined to give further details when asked about damage sustained by the plane in the landing.

 

"The concerned officers are examining the aircraft," he said.

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1173271/1/.html

 

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one of its nose wheels jammed

 

How many nose wheels does the MD-83 have???

[Pieter C. 5]

SV has no MD80/MD83 aircraft...it was probably a MD-90...

[Peter Smith 1]

As always accurate reporting in the media - aircraft was an AMC Airlines (Egypt) MD-83

[JuliusWong 0]

The aircraft belongs to AMC Aviation of Egypt, a specialised ACMI company. Registration number is SU-BOZ.

 

Here is a video of the incident:

Edited December 26, 2011 by JuliusWong

[zamim 0]

By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Dec 25th 2011 11:17Z, last updated Sunday, Dec 25th 2011 15:34Z

An AMC Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration SU-BOZ performing a charter flight from Tabuk (Saudi Arabia) to Quetta (Pakistan) with 74 passengers, diverted to Karachi when the crew could not extend the nose gear prior to landing in Quetta. Following further troubleshooting, which could not release the nose gear, and two low approaches the crew finally performed a nose gear up landing on Karachi's runway 25L and brought the aircraft to a stand still on the runway at about 10:00L (05:00Z). No injuries occurred, the aircraft remained disabled on the runway.

 

Radar data suggest one of the low approaches was continued to a main gear touchdown in the hope to shake the nose gear free.

 

The runway was closed for about 5.5 hours until the aircraft was moved off the runway.

 

Relevant NOTAM:

A0941/11 - RWY 25L/07R BLOCKED DUE DISABLE ACFT. 25 DEC 05:05 2011 UNTIL 25 DEC 23:59 2011 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 25 DEC 06:30 2011