Accident: THY A321 at Istanbul on Feb 27th 2020, dropped both nose wheels on landing


A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration TC-JSH performing flight TK-1598 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Istanbul (Turkey) with 146 passengers and 7 crew, landed on Istanbul's runway 16R at 12:26L (09:26Z) but dropped both nose wheels. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway on the stump of the nose gear strut and the main wheels. The aircraft was disabled. There were no injuries, the passengers disembarked via mobile stairs onto the runway and were bussed to the terminal.

Metars:
LTFM 271220Z 22028G38KT 7000 -SHRA FEW020CB SCT035 BKN090 18/08 Q1003 TEMPO 4000 -TSRA=
LTFM 271150Z 22031G46KT 9999 FEW025TCU SCT040 BKN090 18/07 Q1003 TEMPO FM1230 4000 -TSRA=
LTFM 271120Z 22031G44KT 9999 SCT040 BKN090 18/07 Q1003 NOSIG=
COR LTFM 271050Z 21031KT 9999 SCT040 BKN100 19/07 Q1003 NOSIG=
LTFM 271020Z 22030G40KT 9999 FEW040 BKN180 18/07 Q1004 NOSIG=
LTFM 270950Z 22030G40KT 9999 FEW040 BKN180 18/07 Q1004 NOSIG=
LTFM 270920Z 21034G44KT 9999 FEW040 BKN180 18/07 Q1004 NOSIG=
LTFM 270850Z 21031G44KT 9999 FEW040 BKN180 17/07 Q1004 NOSIG=
LTFM 270820Z 21035G48KT 9999 FEW040 BKN180 17/06 Q1004 NOSIG=
LTFM 270750Z 22033KT 9999 FEW040 BKN180 16/06 Q1004 NOSIG=
LTFM 270720Z 22030G40KT 9999 FEW040 BKN180 16/06 Q1005 NOSIG=
LTFM 270650Z 22032KT CAVOK 16/06 Q1005 NOSIG=



Detail of the nose gear:


A tyre on the runway:


The nose gear minus its wheels: