Nose wheel buckles
TUI aircraft crashes on its nose in Brussels
A curious and not without danger incident, which fortunately had a minor outcome, occurred at Brussels Airport on Wednesday. The nose landing gear of a Boeing 737-700 operated by vacation airline TUI fly Belgium buckled and the nose of the aircraft hit the ground.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen As can be seen in photos published on X (formerly Twitter), the aircraft is lying on the tarmac in front of gate 157R. The front landing gear can no longer be seen. Video footage (see above) shows the 16-year-old Boeing tilting forward and the jet's nose hitting the tarmac.
According to the flight tracking service AirNav Radar, the Boeing 737-700 coming from Malaga in Spain landed in Brussels at 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday. At the time of the incident, the aircraft was no longer in service, meaning that neither passengers nor crew were on board, according to TUI fly.
Airline initiated investigations
The airline announced that it had launched an internal investigation to determine the cause of the incident and reaffirmed its "commitment to maintaining the highest safety standards".
"We will analyze the situation in detail in consultation with the authorities, but can already confirm that the incident is not due to a technical problem," the company said. Rather, an employee of an external maintenance company made a mistake during a functional test.
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