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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 2025 |
| Time: | 13:29 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8CT (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | WestJet Airlines |
| Registration: | C-GWSR |
| MSN: | 35288/2802 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2009 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 164 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sint Maarten-Juliana Airport (SXM/TNCM) -
 Sint Maarten
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) |
| Sint Maarten-Juliana Airport (SXM/TNCM) | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
WestJet flight WS2276, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a right-hand main landing gear collapse during landing on runway 10 at Sint Maarten-Juliana Airport (SXM), resulting in the right engine nacelle contacting the runway.
As per an official statement on the airport's Facebook page, there were 164 occupants, of which 3 were taken to hospital for medical evaluation out of precaution.
Timeline:
13:29:15: Touchdown (right-hand main gear first)
13:29:41: Aircraft came to a full stop on the runway
13:31:33: First fire truck enters the runway
13:31:50: First fire truck stopped at the scene
13:33:06: First fire truck began spraying the area around engine no.2
13:37:27: Slides were deployed for evacuation
METAR:
SPECI TNCM 071736Z 11012KT 9999 5000NE VCSH FEW///CB SCT016 32/27 Q1015 NOSIG RNM VCSH NE
METAR TNCM 071700Z 12013KT 9999 -SHRA FEW///CB SCT016TCU 31/27 Q1016 NOSIG RMK CB SE/ TCU SW
Sources:
https://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b737ng-35288.htm
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ws2276#3c18625b
https://cam.airlive.net/sxm/
https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1nazgma/westjet_737_hard_landinggear_collapse_at_st/
https://www.facebook.com/sxmairport/posts/pfbid032241A2KTKG8mnVhFmMf6WDcCBNx7cM7yE7HTikdnmH3uW2UU6mFL54g63ZmDi6SBl
Location
Media:
Westjet 737 hard landing/gear collapse at St Maarten
byu/PourLarryaCrown inaviation
? L’aéroport de Saint Martin reste fermé pour toute la journée en raison de l’incident du Boeing 737-800 de WestJet.
— air plus news (@airplusnews) September 7, 2025
Les vols pour le reste de la journée sont tous annulés.
▫️Vidéo de l’atterrissage du Boeing à Saint Martin ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/10G2mOsmBk
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2025 18:13 | NY | Added |
| 07-Sep-2025 18:15 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2025 18:27 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 07-Sep-2025 18:40 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2025 18:46 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2025 05:40 | NY | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2025 08:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 08-Sep-2025 11:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage, ] |
| 08-Sep-2025 18:48 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 08-Sep-2025 18:52 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 08-Sep-2025 19:00 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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