Flight lands safely with no front landing gear

Passengers on a Myanmar National Airlines flight have a brilliant flight crew to thank for miraculously landing safely after the plane's front landing gear failed to deploy.  Flight UB103 touched down at Mandalay International Airport at 9:09 a.m. local time with all 82 passengers and seven crew members able to safely evacuate the plane after it scraped its nose down the runway and came to a perfect stop. On approach, the captain tried to deploy the front landing gear, but found out it was malfunctioning and could not be activated, the airline said in a statement. After circling the airport to burn off fuel, the captain came in for a landing with no front wheel. Video shot from inside the airport showed the plane landing on its back wheels, steadying and then eventually coming down on its nose -- sending a shower of sparks down the runway. Miraculously, it slid to a stop before passengers were able to be evacuated by inflatable slide. "Myanmar National Airlines would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the passengers onboard and our crews," the airline said in the statement.  The plane, an Embraer 190, had taken off from Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY)  for an an hour flight south to Mandalay-Annisaton Airport (MDL/VYMD). The airline commended Capt. Myat Moe Aung, first officers Myo Thiha Aung and Kaung Set Lwin, purser Cherry Myint and three attendants for safely landing the plane. The flight crew carried out an RNAV approach to runway 17 and configured the aircraft for landing. However, the nose landing gear failed to deploy. The emergency gear extension procedure was followed but the nosegear still would not deploy. Two low passes were then performed to allow personnel in the control tower to observe the position of the nose landing gear, which was fully retracted. After burning fuel the flight crew performed a forced landing. There were no injuries to the occupants.

Aircraft Information:
Airline: Myanmar Airlines
Code: UB/UBA
Aircraft: Embraer ERJ 190
Registration: XY-AGQ
Serial Number: 19000231
Age: 11Yrs

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https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/flight-miraculously-lands-safely-with-no-front-landing-gear/ar-AABgqZQ?ocid=spartanntp