Delta Flight Lands In North Carolina Without Nose Gear

Amid the chaos of flight cancellations this morning — further down the eastern coast, a Delta flight experienced another untimely mishap of its own. Multiple news outlets report that the Wednesday morning flight had a successful landing after its nose landing gear failed to deploy.

The Boeing 717 left Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport at 7:25 a.m. Wednesday morning for a short flight to Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Just before landing, the flight crew encountered a problem: the nose landing gear was malfunctioning. Rather than continue to circle while figuring out a solution, the pilots made the risky decision to land the plane.

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Luckily, both pilots, three flight attendants and all 96 passengers were able to walk off the plane without any injuries, at least physically. Though I’m sure there were some shaken nerves. Delta said in a statement that this kind of thing doesn’t happen often, but their pilots and crews are trained to handle this kind of thing when it comes up.