NEW DELHI: An IndiGo aircraft landed in Nagpur this Sunday with the nose wheel reportedly touching down first, followed by the main landing gear later. Correct and safe landing procedure entails the main landing gear touching down first, followed by the nose wheel coming down a few seconds later. Both the pilots operating this Cochin-Nagpur flight have been grounded, said a senior official probing the incident.
“This was a very dangerous landing. The nose wheel could have broken due to impact. Something like this can happen only when the attitude of the aircraft is unstabilised. When the nose is not 2-3 degrees above the horizon as it should be to ensure that main landing gear touches down first, followed by the nose wheel,” said a senior examiner of another airline.
“In a situation like this, the pilots should have gone around and come in to land in second attempt with correct approach,” the senior pilot added.
