A FLYDUBAI aircraft heading from Dubai to the Philippines made an emergency landing at U Tapao Airport soon after midnight last night (June 15) after the landing gear initially failed to deploy, Sanook.com, TV Channel 7, Naewna and Daily News newspapers said.
Approximately a hundred passengers plus the captain, a co-pilot and seven crew members were unharmed.
The captain of Airbus A319-115 (CJ) aircraft asked to land at U Tapao Airport at 00.30 a.m. after an emergency light flashed that the landing gear would not deploy.
The airport’s air traffic controllers quickly alerted the ground staff to prepare for this emergency landing with over 40 ambulances from Rayong and Chonburi quickly getting there.
However the airplane landed safely at 1.05 a.m. after the landing gear deployed fully just slightly skidding off the runway.
The airplane was at this Thai airport for around an hour for maintenance work and refuelling before taking off again for its destination.
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