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A FedEx cargo plane had to make a dramatic landing after its nose gear failed to deploy.
The Boeing 767 touched down at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday after flying from Paris Charles de Gaulle.
A video of the runway shows the jet touching down on its main landing gear, before leaning forward as the nose scrapes along the tarmac, producing smoke and sparks.
In a post on X, the Turkish transport minister, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, said the pilot contacted air traffic control after the front landing gear wouldn’t deploy. Airport staff helped guide the pilots to land, the minister added.
He also said that the two pilots were evacuated and found to be uninjured.
The runway was closed to other flights until the plane could be removed. Videos shared on Uraloğlu’s X account show workers surrounding the 767, and the jet being lifted by a crane.
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