Royal Thai Navy F27 nose wheel up emergency landing
A Royal Thai Navy F27 transport had to make a nose wheel up emergency landing at Narathiwat airport on Aug. 11.
The F27 Mk 200, #1202, has been in service for 36 years. It had taken off from Utapao airport with 12 passengers on board.
Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand / CC BY-SA
The crew had discovered that the nose wheel was not locked during pre-landing checks and had exhausted all options to lower the nose wheel before making the decision to land with the nose wheel retracted.
