Warsaw Airport 767 Emergency Landing

Bloomberg reported yesterday that Warsaw Airport, which services about 400 flights and 25,000 passengers per day, will be closed until next Wednesday morning following the emergency landing of a Boeing 767 yesterday (November 1st, 2011). Apparently the undercarriage of the aircraft, operated by the Polish carrier LOT, failed to lower upon its normal approach and the aircraft was required to circle for over an hour to burn off fuel before making an emergency landing, with a retracted undercarriage at Warsaw Airport.

As required in such an event it is reported that Fire teams at the airport had time to cover the runway in fire retardant liquid and douse the aircraft in foam once it had come to a standstill, as a precautionary measure. According to LOT none of the 220 passengers and crew on the flight from Newark, New Jersey were injured. All credit to the efforts of the 11 crew, which resulted in the first passengers leaving the stricken aircraft within 20 seconds.

Cite: Bloomberg 'Warsaw Airport Closed After Crash Landing'

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