Private aircraft makes emergency landing at HAL airport after glitch with nose landing gear

BENGALURU: A fly-by-wire Premier 1A aircraft on Tuesday made an emergency landing at the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Airport in the city after developing a technical glitch with its nose landing gear, officials said.

The aircraft safely landed with the nose gear in Up position. At the time of incident, there were two pilots and no passengers were on board the aircraft, they said.

Bengaluru | A Fly By wire Premier 1A aircraft VT-KBN operating flight on sector 'HAL Airport Bangalore to BIAL' was involved in Airturnback as the nose landing gear couldn't be retracted after take off. The aircraft safely landed with the nose gear in Up position. There were two… pic.twitter.com/53zmaaKKEn

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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in an official statement, said, “A fly-by-wire Premier 1A aircraft, VT-KBN, operating flight on sector ‘HAL Airport Bangalore to BIAL’ was involved in Airturnback as the nose landing gear couldn’t be retracted after take-off. The aircraft safely landed with the nose gear in up position.

“There were two pilots, and no passengers were on board”, the DGCA said. A video of the incident shared by the DGCA shows aircraft safely landing on the runway.

‘Airturnback’ is a situation where an aircraft returns to land at the departure aerodrome without having initially planned to do so. The most common reason for ‘Airturnback’ is an emergency or abnormal situation during or shortly after take-off, the most common being engine failure. (ANI)