Emergency services were called and passengers evacuated after the nose landing gear of a Southwest jet collapsed as it was leaving the terminal.
Southwest described the incident as a ‘maintenance issue’ and posted a statement to local station 11 News.
"Southwest Airlines reported an aircraft departing Baltimore/Washington (BWI) this evening experienced a failure of a nose gear just after pushing back from the departure gate. No reports of injuries among the 126 passengers and five crew. The passengers are being accommodated on another aircraft for their flight to Atlanta," it said.
No other flight operations were impacted at BWI but passengers on the plane were delayed for several hours waiting for a replacement jet.
