American A319 at West Palm Beach on Jun 30th 2016, nose wheels rotated by 90 degrees
Last Update: July 1, 2016 / 19:21:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-2043
Departure
Charlotte, United States
Destination
West Palm Beach, United States
Aircraft Registration
N702UW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Passengers reported the landing was rather rough, after touch down it felt like the aircraft was going over speed bumps. A while after coming to a stop the crew announced the nose wheels had turned sideways causing the bumpy landing. The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal.
There had been a number of similiar occurrences before, see Incident: Vueling A320 at Sevilla on Apr 20th 2011, nose wheels tilted 90 degrees on landing and Report: Jetblue A320 at Los Angeles on Sep 21st 2005, nosewheel tilted 90 degrees for landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-2043
Departure
Charlotte, United States
Destination
West Palm Beach, United States
Aircraft Registration
N702UW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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