Jet Airways AT72 at Delhi on Apr 19th 2017, nose wheel turned 90 degrees for landing

Last Update: April 19, 2017 / 23:57:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 19, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
9W-2882

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-JCQ

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Jet Airways Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration VT-JCQ performing flight 9W-2882 from Dehra Dun to Delhi (India) with 60 passengers and 5 crew, performed a normal approach to Delhi's runway 29, however the nose gear was rotated by 90 degrees. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway with the nose tyres and wheels abraded. There were no injuries.

The runway was closed for about 1.5 hours until the aircraft was towed off the runway.

The airline reported the aircraft suffered a nose wheel malfunction resulting in steering problems.

VT-JCQ after coming to a stop (Photos: Saurabh Sinhaþ
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 19, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
9W-2882

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-JCQ

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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