Early today, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 was evacuated after multiple tires burst during landing at Antakya-Hatay Airport (HTY) in Hatay, Turkey. No one was injured during the incident or the evacuation.
Turkish Airlines flight
Turkish Airlines flight 2256 departed Istanbul at 01:43 local time, headed for Antakya-Hatay Airport in Hatay. Upon landing, multiple tires burst, leading to an emergency evacuation of the aircraft while still on the runway.
- According to Twitter user @jacdecnew, there were 104 passengers onboard, and an additional 6 crew members. No injuries were reported during the evacuation process.
On the ground, travelers were evacuated via slides. Emergency personnel sprayed the landing gear with foam to prevent further damage, as the packs had overheated.
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, is registered as TC-JVN. It is just 6 years old, with the manufacturer’s serial number 60018. Currently, it appears the aircraft is still on the ground in Antakya. The 737 was due to fly back to Istanbul shortly after landing in Antakya, but flightradar24 shows that the flight was revoked.
- Turkish Airlines for an official statement and additional information. The information provided to us by Turkish was also published on Twitter,
“Our Flight TK2256 aircraft operating on the Istanbul (IST) – Hatay (HTY) route suffered a burst tire while landing. As a result, one of the landing gears of the aircraft experienced overheating, to which the fire brigade on the scene responded promptly and ensured that it cooled down. Our travelers and crew were safely evacuated without any problems to their physical conditions.” – Yahya Üstün, Senior Vice President of Media Relations
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Turkish Airlines announced
Turkish Airlines recently declared that it will be relaunching 2 routes to Afghanistan in March 2023. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-2021, airline operations have looked completely different than they did just 1 month before. Most foreign airlines cut flights, and some routes were reduced.
Flights to Kabul and Mazār-i-Sharīf are available for booking on the airline’s website, with operations scheduled to resume in March. One peculiar thing to note is that the website only shows the first bookable service to Kabul on March 27, but the first bookable flight from Kabul is available one day before. The Istanbul – Kabul route will be serviced daily by the airline’s Airbus A330-300 aircraft, with a capacity for 289 passengers.
Flights to Mazār-i-Sharīf will be used by the airline’s Boeing 737-900ER aircraft with a capacity for 151 passengers, 3 times weekly. According to Turkish’s website, the route will commence on March 29.
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