Diversion to Mirabel ending with a collapsed left main gear

[Malcolm]

Chilling mayday calls of Boeing pilots before emergency landing

 

Pilots onboard the Nolinor Flight 662 made a 'Pan Pan' emergency call - a message alerting air traffic control of an urgent but non-emergency situation - while it was flying toward its layover stop at Saguenay-Bagotville Airport. 

 

However, the flight with 87 passengers and seven crew members ended up making an emergency landing at Mirabel in Montreal, but the tower had not been informed of the plane's distress call on Wednesday. 

When asked, the pilot affirmed the warning, saying: 'We had this from the start on the approach to Bagotville. I'm really curious that the transfer from Montreal wasn't included in the message on Pan! Pan!'

Moments later, the urgent call turned into an emergency as the plane, which was experiencing a flap problem, touched down and the left landing gear malfunctioned and the plane landed off balance, according to CTV News.  

'Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! Nolinor 662,' the pilot told air traffic control. 

The pilot had originally declined having firetrucks on the runway during landing as he didn't think they would need it for a flap problem, but the controller quickly sent some as smoke rose from the aircraft. 

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