[محمد احمد عسيري]

Incident: Algerie AT72 at El Oued on Feb 5th 2017, both nose wheels separated


An Air Algerie Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration 7T-VUN performing flight AH-6252 from Algiers to El Oued (Algeria) with 67 people on board, landed on El Oued's runway 13 at about 12:00L (11:00Z) but came to a stop on the runway on its nose gear strut but without both nose wheels and was disabled. The passengers disembarked onto the runway and were taken to the terminal.

Local sources reported one of the nose tyres blew on touch down, the aircraft began to veer left and came to a stop without nose wheels.

The airline reported there were no injuries, the circumstances of the occurrence are being investigated.

Metars:
DAUO 051300Z 27007KT CAVOK 21/05 Q1020
DAUO 051200Z 28007KT CAVOK 20/04 Q1020
DAUO 051100Z 27008KT CAVOK 17/03 Q1021
DAUO 051000Z 26008KT CAVOK 16/01 Q1022
DAUO 050900Z 24007KT CAVOK 13/00 Q1021
DAUO 050800Z 23008KT CAVOK 11/M01 Q1021



7T-VUN sitting disabled on the runway:

Detail of nose gear, brightness adjusted to make details visible:

https://avherald.com/h?article=4a480458&opt=0