Frontier Airlines incident: Frontier Airlines loses the aircraft wheel, catchs fire in Puerto Rico; Passengers thought that ‘this was the end’
Passengers riding on a frontier airlines flight from Florida experienced terrible moments after facing a major failure to the front landing gear of the aircraft during landing at San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
The incident is now under investigation by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Flight 5306Also reported as 3506, the Orlando is working from the International Airport to Louis Munoz Marin International Airport.
According to New York Post, Airbus A321After carrying 228 passengers, there was a difficult landing during their early descent, which broke a wheels on its front landing gear. Puerto Rickon Daily El Nuevo Diya confirmed a “mechanical problem”, separating the wheel.
The aircraft climbed back into the air after a quick unsuccessful attempt.
“We were landing and the landing caused a tire to break a tire and catch a fire on the aircraft,” passenger melani Gonzalez Wharton wrote on Facebook, as quoted by Fox News.
Wharton, while traveling with her husband and two children, said, “For a few minutes I felt that this is the end of our story on Earth.”
The video clip shared the smoke captured out of the windows, while the passengers could be heard crying and praying inside.
According to CNN, audio recording from broadcasting portrayed air traffic controllers warning of “debris on the runway” after harsh landing. “He has announced an emergency situation,” said a controller.
The aircraft orbiting the airport four times and eventually landed safely at 10:20 pm (local time). There was no injury, and the passengers were removed on the taxiway and the bus was taken to the terminal. The flight, usually small, lasted for more than an hour due to emergency.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, Frontier Airlines said, “The aircraft landed safely and there were no injuries for the passengers or crew. The incident is under investigation.”
Flight Investigator Luis Irizeri was said by Papa-TV of Puerto Rico that a young co-pilot was initially flying the aircraft. Landing gear failure occurred. “The captain, however, quickly controlled and stabilized the aircraft,” he said, the credible of the cool response of the crew to prevent a disaster.
Referring to the situation, Wharton said, “The reality is that we were flying in the hands of experiences.”
Flight data showed that the aircraft came within 500 feet of the runway, which was again before miscarriage and circling during the initial approach. Several other flights were diverted as the airport was temporarily closed for security inspections.
A final report of FAA and NTSB on mechanical failure is awaited.
