Iran Air Flight 742
 EP-IRR, the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 October 2011 |
| Summary | Landed with nose gear up |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-200 |
| Operator | Iran Air |
| Registration | EP-IRR |
| Flight origin | Sheremetyevo International Airport Moscow, Russia |
| Destination | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Tehran, Iran |
| Passengers | 94 |
| Crew | 19 |
| Fatalities | 0 (none) |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 113 (all) |
Iran Air Flight 742 was a passenger flight which made an emergency landing at Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran, on 18 October 2011. After the nose gear failed to deploy, the crew diverted to Mehrabad and landed without the nose gear down. All 113 aboard survived.
Aircraft
The aircraft involved, a Boeing 727-200, was operating Iran Air's scheduled international service from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, to Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport.
Accident
At 15:20 local time the flight was approaching Tehran with 94 passengers and 19 crew, with guided Captain Hushang Shahbazi when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach.[1][2]
Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Mehrabad where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended. The crew subsequently landed the aircraft without the nose gear on runway 29L at about 16:00 local time and came to a stand still on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft.[3] The aircraft was evacuated, no injuries occurred.
Although initially the subject of a ban from flying while the incident was investigated,[4] Captain Shahbazi was acclaimed as a national hero, and received more than 11,000 emails from people in Iran and overseas. He was subsequently forced into early retirement due to his political activism.[5]
External links
- Iran’s Aging Airliner Fleet Seen as Faltering Under U.S. Sanctions The New York Times
- Plane Lands With Broken Front Landing Gear, MostWatchedToday.com
- Watch This Iran Air Pilot Stick the Landing with No Front Wheels Hypervocal.com
References
- ^ Erdbrink, Thomas (29 October 2011). "Iranian Hero Pilot Gets Cold Shoulder". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Iran Air Plane Makes Emergency Landing, No Injuries". Fars News Agency. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Dramatic Iran Air landing caught on tape". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Shaun Walker (2 November 2011). "Hero pilot rewarded with ban for safely landing plane | Europe | News". The Independent. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Why a Hero Iranian Airline Pilot Is Being Forced Into Early Retirement". The Atlantic. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2016.