Boeing 717 in emergency landing Wednesday morning, no soul on board suffers any injury
A Delta Airlines’ Boeing 717, with about 100 passengers landed on its nose without the landing gear, and all passengers and crew safely deplaned without injury.
Delta Flight 1092 had taken off from Atlanta and was scheduled to land at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Wednesday morning.
As the aircraft landed leaning forward onto its nose, dozens of emergency service personnel scrambled to assist passengers and crew members. They were all safely disembarked.
In a chat with a member of the cabin crew, the airline’s officials confirmed that the cockpit crew only got to know of the malfunctioning landing gear when the Pilot began landing procedures, and the landing gear persistently failed to respond hence, the Captain climbed again.
A member of the crew of flight 1092 reported that the flight did circle a few times and accordingly informed passengers of the prevailing challenge with the landing gear, and were instructed to study the safety information over, and over, again and again.
The Captain reportedly called the air traffic control at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport and reported the condition of his machine while hovering in the airport vicinity.
A passenger told the local television news crew that the cabin crew directed all passengers to get into the brace position while the pilot was making attempts at a safe landing.
The passenger described the landing as “smooth. No jarring or even loud noises”.
He further narrated thus, “We were in the back so that may have been why everyone evacuated via slides. No injuries as far as I know. Crew and pilots were wonderful!’’
For about two hours that the aircraft was on the runway, there were 72 delays and 21 cancellations at Charlotte Douglas caused by the malfunctioning plane landing.
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