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Boeing is once again under investigation as one of its 767 cargo planes crash landed on a runway in Istanbul after its landing gear failed.
The plane, operated by FedEx Airlines, landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday with the assistance of the control tower after radioing in with a report that its landing gear had failed to open.
The 10-year-old Boeing 767 freighter, which was traveling to Istanbul from Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, was able to stay on the runway during the crash-landing and come to a stop with no casualties reported.
No reason was initially given for the plane’s landing gear failure other than “a technical issue,” but an official from Turkey’s transport ministry told Reuters that was conducting examinations at the scene as part of the ongoing investigation.
Questions to Boeing about the crash-landing that were reportedly referred to FedEx, which stated that it would “provide additional information as it is available” and was working with investigators to determine what happened and why.
Another Boeing 767, a Delta passenger jet, had its emergency slide deploy and fall to the ground shortly after taking off from JFK Airport in New York on April 26th.
It was later determined that the Boeing 767 was 33-years-old, well past a passenger plane’s typical lifespan of 20 to 25 years, according to Airfleets.net and the New York Post.
Boeing has been under fire and the subject of much scrutiny for several recent incidents such as an engine cover being ripped off a Boeing 737 during takeoff from Denver International Airport, a door plug on another Boeing 737 blowing off the plane while flying at around 16,000 feet, and a Boeing 777 losing a tire after takeoff, damaging several vehicles on the ground.
The company has also been caught up in much speculation over a second Boeing whistleblower died suddenly and under mysterious circumstances after publicly revealing the possible causes of safety failures on multiple Boeing jets.