Flybe Flight Evacuated After Landing Gear Collapse at AMS
Jackie Reddy February 24, 2017
Flybe Flight BE1284 was carrying 59 people at the time of the incident, which occurred on Thursday afternoon. No injuries were reported.
A Flybe flight traveling from Scotland to the Netherlands had to be evacuated late Thursday afternoon after its landing gear collapsed upon touchdown at Amsterdam Airport Schipol (AMS). Flybe Flight BE1284 was carrying 59 passengers at the time of the incident, which occurred at around 5 p.m. local time.
Photos shared online show the plane, a Bombardier Q-400, listing to one side on the tarmac with one of its wings touching the ground. Emergency services attended the scene, but Flybe confirmed that no one on the flight had been hurt as a consequence of the collapse.
AMS also confirmed the incident via its Twitter feed. “The landing gear of a Flybe airplane collapsed during touchdown. No people are injured. Flight operation is up and running again,” the authorities at the facility tweeted, as quoted by the BBC.
It added that all passengers from BE1284 were transported to the terminal via bus.
In a statement, the carrier said, “Flybe can confirm that there has been an incident involving one of our aircraft, flight no BE1284 […] The incident occurred at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport at approximately 16:59 [4:59 p.m.] local time.”
“Our primary concern is for the welfare of the passengers and crew,” Flybe added.
Speaking of the incident, Christine Ourmieres-Widener, the airline’s CEO, said “Our highest priority is the safety and well-being of our passengers and crew. Our pilots regularly train for situations such as this in simulators at our training academy in Exeter. Our cabin crew are also fully trained to deal with these situations professionally.”
She also said that Flybe has “sent a specialist team to offer assistance to the investigation and we will now do all we can to understand the cause of this incident.”
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