Iran Air Flight 742

Iran Air Flight 742
EP-IRR, the aircraft involved
Accident
Date 18 October 2011
Summary Landed with nose gear up
Aircraft type Boeing 727-200
Operator Iran Air
Registration EP-IRR
Flight origin Sheremetyevo International Airport
Moscow, Russia
Destination Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
Tehran, Iran
Passengers 94
Crew 19
Fatalities 0
Injuries 0
Survivors 113 (all)

Iran Air Flight 742 was a passenger flight which made an emergency landing at Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, Iran, on 18 October 2011. After the nose gear failed to deploy, the crew diverted to Mehrabad and landed without the nose gear down. All 113 aboard survived. The captain in charge of the landing was Hooshang Shahbazi who later was called 'hero pilot'.[1][2][3]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved, a Boeing 727-200, was operating Iran Air's scheduled international service from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, to Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport.

Accident

At 15:20 local time the flight was approaching Tehran with 94 passengers and 19 crew, with guided Captain Hushang Shahbazi when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach.[4][5]

Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Mehrabad where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended. The crew subsequently landed the aircraft without the nose gear on runway 29L at about 16:00 local time and came to a stand still on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft.[6] The aircraft was evacuated, no injuries occurred.

Although initially the subject of a ban from flying while the incident was investigated,[7] Captain Shahbazi was acclaimed as a national hero, and received more than 11,000 emails from people in Iran and overseas. He was subsequently forced into early retirement due to his political activism.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Hero pilot rewarded with ban for safely landing plane". The Independent. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Esfandiari, Golnaz. "Why a Hero Iranian Airline Pilot Is Being Forced Into Early Retirement". The Atlantic. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Erdbrink, Thomas (29 October 2011). "Iranian hero pilot gets cold shoulder". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Erdbrink, Thomas (29 October 2011). "Iranian Hero Pilot Gets Cold Shoulder". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Iran Air Plane Makes Emergency Landing, No Injuries". Fars News Agency. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Dramatic Iran Air landing caught on tape". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Shaun Walker (2011-11-02). "Hero pilot rewarded with ban for safely landing plane | Europe | News". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  8. ↑ "Why a Hero Iranian Airline Pilot Is Being Forced Into Early Retirement". The Atlantic. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2016-08-23.

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