ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201135
Last updated: 14 December 2018
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| Date: | 10-NOV-2017 |
| Time: | c. 13:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 |
| Owner/operator: | Flybe |
| Registration: | G-JEDU |
| C/n / msn: | 4089 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 57 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Belfast International Airport, Aldergrove, Belfast (BFS/EGAA) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Belfast City Airport (BHD/EGAC) |
| Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE) |
Flybe flight BE331 diverted to Belfast International Airport, Northern Ireland. The aircraft, a DHC-8-400, landed there with the nose landing gear retracted. The flight departed Belfast City Airport about 11:20 UTC, bound for Inverness.
The crew stopped the climb at 4,000 feet reporting problems with their nose gear. The aircraft entered a holding pattern, while the crew was troubleshooting the problem, but they were unable to resolve the problem, the nose gear remained in an unsafe position (partly retracted) and could not be extended again. The crew decided to divert to Belfast's Aldergrove International Airport, where the aircraft landed safely on runway 25 about 2:05 hours after departure coming to a stop on its main gear and the nose. One person was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the aircraft received substantial damage.
In a statement FlyBe said "Flybe can confirm that one passenger was taken to hospital with a minor hand injury following an incident involving one of our aircraft this afternoon... There are no further reports of any other passenger or crew injuries. There were 52 passengers plus one infant on board and four crew members."
According to ground observers the aircraft's nose gear doors were open, however, the nose gear could not be seen obviously remaining locked up in the nose wheel well. On November 14th 2017 the AAIB reported that the nose gear failed to extend. The occurrence is being investigated by the AAIB.
Sources:
1. https://metro.co.uk/2017/11/10/plane-crash-lands-at-belfast-airport-after-nose-gear-fails-to-come-down-7070138/
2. https://flybe.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1268
3. http://avherald.com/h?article=4b0d7885&opt=0
4. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/10/plane-crashes-at-belfast-airport-after-emergency-landing-flybe-inverness
5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/flybe-crash-landing-belfast-latest-news-updates-today-be331-flight-plane-emergency-george-best-a8048031.html
6. http://www.thejournal.ie/flybe-emergency-landing-belfast-3690580-Nov2017/
7. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/watch-flybe-plane-skids-to-halt-during-emergency-landing-at-belfast-airport-36307745.html
8. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-current-field-investigations/air-accidents-investigation-branch-current-field-investigations
Belfast 2 Inverness @flybe emergency landing at Belfast International airport....all passengers safely off...including our Bruce! pic.twitter.com/qhemzLLPYA
— Trish Corbett (@Trisha_C1) November 10, 2017
Flybe passenger plane with 56 on board CRASH LANDS with nose gear up in Belfast https://t.co/O8DcScOv4T pic.twitter.com/6R3kjqrjx9
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) 10 novembre 2017
Flybe confirm 52 passengers and Four Crew were on board the aircraft that landed at Belfast International without nose gear 🛬 @AllyRH pic.twitter.com/tiylUCDrNa
— Flight Alerts ⚠ (@FlightAlerts777) November 10, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2017 14:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Nov-2017 14:50 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2017 14:52 | harro | Updated [Time, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2017 14:52 | harro | Updated [Date, Embed code] |
| 10-Nov-2017 15:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2017 16:32 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Nov-2017 20:04 | ryan | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 10-Nov-2017 20:04 | harro | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2018 17:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 21:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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