Safety landing in Frankfurt
Boeing plane has to turn back on two days in a row
May 11, 2024, 12:11 a.m
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Breakdowns with Boeing aircraft are currently occurring more frequently. For example, there was a fuse landing in Turkey, a tire burst, but also flights were canceled because of strange smells. Now a plane has to make a safety landing due to problems in Frankfurt.
A Boeing plane from the airline TUIfly had to turn back on two consecutive days after taking off from Frankfurt. On Thursday around 1:20 p.m., the 737-800 aircraft made a safety landing in Frankfurt, said a spokeswoman for Fraport AG.
The plane was on its way from Frankfurt to Gran Canaria, the spokeswoman said. She did not want to provide any information about the reasons for the safety landing and referred to the airline. As is usual in cases where there could possibly be a technical problem, the fire brigade was on duty at the airport.
Already on Wednesday, according to the spokeswoman, the same plane had to turn back towards Heraklion on Crete after taking off from Frankfurt and landed back in Frankfurt. It was unclear whether this case was also a safety landing. Here too, the spokeswoman referred to the airline for the reasons. TUIfly was asked to comment.
Permanent crisis at Boeing
Also on Wednesday, a Boeing 767 from the logistics group FedEx landed on the fuselage at Istanbul Airport in Turkey after problems with the front landing gear, as the airport announced. On Thursday, a Boeing that took off from Germany with 190 people on board landed safely on the nose landing gear in the Turkish seaside resort of Alanya despite a burst front tire.
The incidents follow further breakdowns in Boeing aircraft. The company has been in a constant crisis since the crashes of two 737 MAX jets with 346 deaths more than five years ago. When a fuselage part finally broke out of an almost new 737-9 MAX on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January 2024, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took action. Initially, machines were no longer allowed to start until a technical inspection was carried out. The authority also takes a close look at the production and control processes.