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A Cargolux plane made an emergency landing at Luxembourg’s Findel airport (LUX/ELLX) on Saturday after experiencing a problem with its landing gears, the second such incident involving the airline at the airport in less than a week.
The pilots raised concerns that the landing gears on the Boeing 747, arriving from Chicago (ORD/KORD), had not properly deployed and “declared an emergency” as they came into land at Findel shortly after noon on Saturday, Cargolux said in a statement.
“The pilots executed a low fly past to confirm that all gears were down. The aircraft landed safely with the emergency services on hand,” said Cargolux, which added that there were no injuries. Cargolux did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether there was any damage caused to the aircraft. The runway was closed for about 30 minutes said an eyewitness at the airport, before the plane was towed away.
It comes less than a week after another Cargolux plane was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport, also due to a problem with the aircraft’s landing gears.
The aircraft, en route to Chicago, took off from Findel on Sunday evening but was forced to return after the plane was unable to retract its landing gear after take-off. While landing, the gear detached from the aircraft, Cargolux said at the time, although there were no injuries.
Aircraft Information:
Airline: Cargolux
Code: CV/CLX
Aircraft: Boeing 747-4R7F
Registration: LX-VCB
Serial Number: 35806
Engines: 4 x GEnx-2B67
First Flew: 31st August 2011
Age: 11 Yrs 7 Mts
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