A Dhaka-bound Saudi Arabian Airlines flight, which was travelling from Madinah to Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, was diverted to Jeddah after suffering a malfunction of the nose landing gear, Saudi Gazette reported on Monday.
The Airbus A330-200 made an emergency landing at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz Airport with the nose gear retracted.
The aircraft had circled over Jeddah for several hours and was forced to make two low passes, before it was allowed to land at around 10pm. local time (1900 GMT).
The plane suffered considerable damage, but passengers were evacuated via emergency slides and no injuries have been reported so far.
Saudia Airbus A330-200 leased from Onur Air (TC-OCH) made an emergency landing at Jeddah Airport without its nosegear resulting in damage when nose sank to the ground. Flight #SV3818 made emergency evacuation via slides on the runway. https://t.co/1jmQ6Endfi pic.twitter.com/3wCtM3Dyck
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) May 21, 2018
"The pilot made several attempts but failed to correct the malfunction with the front landing gear. Subsequently, the Airbus 330 made an emergency landing with the nose gear retracted," Abdurahman Al Tayyib, a spokesman for Saudia Airline quoted as saying by Al Madinah daily.
He also said that the issue was caused due to a problem with TC-OCH's hydraulic system.
#عاجل فيديو لطائرة #الخطوط_السعودية المستأجرة تهبط قبل قليل اضطرارياً بسلام في #مطار_الملك_عبدالعزيز الدولي في جدة رحلة sv3818 المدينة - دكا
— عشاق عالم الطيران (@AviationWG) May 21, 2018
نتيجة لعطل فني في عجلة الهبوط الأمامية ولا وجود لإي إصابات معلنة حتى الان ، الطائرة من طراز A300 pic.twitter.com/L8Vf92lOT1
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