On 29 November 2018, a VietJet Air Airbus A321neo (VN-A653) on a domestic flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Buon Ma Thuot lost its nose gear wheels after a hard landing at Buon Ma Thuot. Emergency slides were used to evacuate the 207 passengers on board, 6 passengers got injured and were taken to hospital.
Emergency services rushed to the scene. The two front wheels of the aircraft were lost during the landing, creating a loud noise while slowing down on the runway. Several passengers on the flight started to panic and to cry, during the evacuation several passengers pushed other passengers to get out of the aircraft as soon as possible.
To Vietnamese newspaper noichungla, a passenger explains something (the nose gear) of the aircraft scraped the runway. “After the impact and due to fear of explosion, a call was made to evacuate the aircraft. All passengers were evacuated in time. Six passengers were immediately taken to the hospital.“
The Airbus A321neo registered VN-A653 only entered VietJet Air’s fleet 15 days ago (15 November 2018). The Vietnamese aviation authorities have launched an investigation.
This post was published on 30 November 2018 03:23
Lufthansa plans to introduce its first Airbus A350-1000 on the Munich–Tokyo Haneda route on 3…
EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) handled 842,259 flights between May and September 2026,…
Polska Grupa Lotnicza (PGL), the aviation group behind LOT Polish Airlines, plans to establish a…
An airBaltic A220-300 aircraft registered YL-ABS arriving from Berlin as flight SN2590 on behalf of…
Norwegian Air Shuttle is increasing winter capacity between the UK and Oslo as part of…
Brussels Airport will offer 136 direct destinations during its winter season starting on 25 October,…
