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Turkish Airlines plane makes dramatic emergency landing at Manchester Airport after ‘puff of smoke and burning smell’

today19/05/2024

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A Turkish Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a hydraulic fault was found.

Plane-spotters at Manchester Airport described a smell of burning and a puff of smoke moments after flight TK 1995 touched down yesterday.


The first landing attempt was aborted by the captain of the A330 jet, which carries up to 277 passengers.

After performing a ‘go-around’ on the second approach, an emergency was declared and fire trucks were on hand as the flight finally touched down.

\u200bTurkish Airlines (file pic)

The Turkish Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency stop (file pic)

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The flight from Istanbul touched down at about 4.35pm.

After the first aborted landing, the plane maintained a holding pattern over Derbyshire and Cheshire before touching down.

It finally arrived at the stand and the passengers were disembarked at 5.21pm.

One plane-spotter, Liam Smith, described six fire engines on the scene, and added he could smell ‘burning’ after the plane touched down.

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\u200bA Turkish flight takes off from Manchester airport (file pic)

The flight from Istanbul touched down at about 4.35pm (file pic)

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Plane-spotter Stephen Uden, 50, from Horwich, told the Manchester Evening News it was “unusual” even for an emergency landing.

He added: “There were fire engines front and back. They were trying to work out if it had hot brakes or hot wheels.”

Uden added: “After a short while they towed it back to the terminal. It wasn’t able to do that under its own steam.”

A spokesperson from Manchester Airport confirmed to GB News that the plane did have to make an emergency landing after a minor hydraulic issue was detected.

It is understood the aircraft’s subsequent flight was cancelled to allow for more time for engineers to examine the hydraulics.

GB News has approached Turkish Airlines for a comment.



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