Officials are investigating two life-threatening incidents involving Boeing 737 planes that happened a day after a cargo aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing when its front landing gear failed.
Early Thursday, 190 people had to be evacuated from a plane in Turkey when one of its tires burst during landing.
The Boeing 737-800, operated by Turkey-based Corendon Airlines, was arriving at Gazipasa Alanya Airport from Cologne, Germany, according to The Associated Press.
Turkey's Transport and Infrastructure Ministry reported damage to the plane's front gear but did not provide details. Corendon Airlines denied Turkish media reports that the aircraft had landed on its nose, per the AP. Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu posted video on X, saying the plane's front landing gear strut was damaged.
No one was hurt.
It was the second incident at a Turkish airport in as many days. On Wednesday, a Boeing 767 cargo aircraft operated by FedEx made an emergency landing at Istanbul Airport after its front landing gear failed. No one was hurt.
Meantime, a Boeing 737-300 caught fire and skidded off the runway at a Senegal airport during takeoff on Thursday. Most of the 78 passengers on board were not hurt, but at least 10 people were injured -- four of them seriously, BBC News reported. The pilot also had minor injuries.
Per the AP: "Passengers were evacuated from the burning aircraft at Blaise Diagne International airport and some described 'complete panic' as they scrambled for their lives."
One passenger told the AP that the plane had attempted to take off earlier, but failed.
"The pilot told us everything was under control and that we’re going to try to take off again," he said. "The second time, smoke started coming from one of the wings."
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Air Senegal chartered the plane from TransAir, and the flight was heading to Bamako, Mali, according to reports.
A cause of the incident remains under investigation.
Boeing referred all requests for comment to the airlines, telling the AP that, "Carriers operate and maintain their airplanes for upwards of 30 to 40 years."
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