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Investigation after landing gear collapses on Flybe flight

Friday, 24 February 20173 min read

An investigation is underway after passengers on a Flybe flight had to be evacuated at Amsterdam Schiphol when their plane’s landing gear collapsed.

Emergency services were called to the scene when the Bombardier Q-400 ended up leaning on one side with its wing touching the runway.

The 59 passengers on board were evacuated and there were no injuries.

The incident happened shortly after Flight BE1284 from Edinburgh landed at Schiphol at 16:59 local time on Thursday.

Flybe said last night all passengers had since left the airport to continue their journeys.

Flybe CEO Christine Ourmieres-Widener said: "Our highest priority is the safety and well-being of our passengers and crew. Our pilots regularly train for situations such as this in simulators at our training academy in Exeter. Our cabin crew are also fully trained to deal with these situations professionally.

"We have sent a specialist team to offer assistance to the investigation and we will now do all we can to understand the cause of this incident."

The airline said all passengers would be contacted and offered support by its team and it would remain in contact with them over the next few days.