At 10:23 local time (07:23 UTC) on 25 April 2015, the A320 operating flight 1878 rolled to the right just before landing on runway 05 at Istanbul and touched down hard from a height of 100 feet (30 m).A tail strike was followed by a hard landing on the starboard main gear.This caused substantial damage to the starboard wing, including the rupturing of fuel lines.
The aircraft made a go-around, climbing to an altitude of 3,800 feet (1,200 m).During the approach to land on runway 35L, a passenger noticed the damaged wing was on fire. During the second landing,at 10:41 local time (07:41 UTC),the aircraft's right landing gear collapsed and the aircraft spun almost 180° off the runway. The airport's fire and rescue service attended the aircraft and the fire was extinguished. All on board evacuated the aircraft via the emergency slides. There were no injuries reported.The flight crew claimed that wake turbulence from a Boeing 787 Dreamliner which landed ahead of them may have been the reason for the initial roll and contact with the runway.
Following the accident, the airport was temporarily closed, with flights being diverted to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport or other airports near IST.Turkish Airlines cancelled 95 flights from Istanbul.
The aircraft made a go-around, climbing to an altitude of 3,800 feet (1,200 m).During the approach to land on runway 35L, a passenger noticed the damaged wing was on fire. During the second landing,at 10:41 local time (07:41 UTC),the aircraft's right landing gear collapsed and the aircraft spun almost 180° off the runway. The airport's fire and rescue service attended the aircraft and the fire was extinguished. All on board evacuated the aircraft via the emergency slides. There were no injuries reported.The flight crew claimed that wake turbulence from a Boeing 787 Dreamliner which landed ahead of them may have been the reason for the initial roll and contact with the runway.
Following the accident, the airport was temporarily closed, with flights being diverted to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport or other airports near IST.Turkish Airlines cancelled 95 flights from Istanbul.
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