“Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people,” Delta said in a statement to CNN. Calm and collected in the cabin and everyone remained calm.” It was a smooth landing and pilots and crew were amazing. We throttled back up and then circled a few times and finally came in for a landing. “I could see the plane’s shadow and was able to see there was no nose gear down. “The crew stepped up and started going over all the procedures and safety emergency protocols,” Skotarczak said. The pilots and crew on board were “calm and collected” during the emergency landing, said passenger Chris Skotarczak. “We are asking customers to check with their airline for updated status before coming to the Airport.” ‘It was a smooth landing’ “We are ready to assist our federal and airline partners in removing the aircraft and reopening the runway when we are given the official word,” the airport said in a statement posted to Twitter. EDT in Charlotte with the nose gear up, Delta said.Īs of about 2 p.m., the plane was still on the runway at CLT. That observation indicated the nose landing gear doors were open, but the nose gear itself had not come down. The airline said that initial reports show that the crew flew by the air traffic control tower in Charlotte so that air traffic controllers could visually inspect the plane. The crew initiated a missed approach procedure to further investigate the indication,” Delta said in a post on its website. “As it approached CLT, pilots received a ‘nose gear unsafe’ indication. There were 96 customers, two pilots and three flight attendants on board. The flight, operated on a Boeing 717, departed from Atlanta around 7:25 a.m., according to a Delta statement. No injuries were reported from the incident, but the runway was closed while crews with the airport worked on removing the plane from the runway, CLT Airport shared in a post on Facebook. (CNN) - A Delta Air Lines flight landed with its “nose landing gear up” at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina on Wednesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration says.
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