Istanbul Airport’s runway restored after belly landing by cargo plane

16R runway was closed due to cargo plane making emergency landing on May 8

By Serdar Dincel

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Istanbul Airport’s runway, which was closed due to a cargo plane’s emergency landing on its fuselage because of a malfunction in the landing gear, is restored to service, said an official on Thursday.

"The cargo aircraft, which made an emergency landing on our 16R runway yesterday, was successfully removed from the runway and taken to a safe position thanks to the coordination of all our stakeholders and the devoted work of our teams," CEO of Istanbul Airport operator IGA Selahattin Bilgen wrote on X.

"Following the success of our operation, our runway is back in service," he added.

On Wednesday, a FedEx cargo plane landed on its nose at Istanbul Airport due to a malfunctioning landing gear.

FedEx Airlines' Boeing 767 cargo plane, operating the Paris-Istanbul route, requested emergency landing permission from the Istanbul Airport control tower after its nose landing gear failed to deploy.

The airport took necessary measures for landing, and the Airport Rescue and Firefighting Service teams were dispatched to the runway.

The cabin crew safely evacuated the plane without any injuries.

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