PHOTOS: Emergency landing at OR Tambo airport
Airports Company South Africa confirmed that a British Airways aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg earlier on Monday.
In a statement, ACSA spokesperson Colin Naidoo said the British Airways aircraft (BA6234), operated by Comair, made the emergency landing at 12:06pm.
The runway had to be temporarily closed.
UPDATE Comair #BA6234 suffers wheel collapse during landing at Johannesburg (Warren Mann) https://t.co/BpsvCHfbi0 pic.twitter.com/ObkdZKOkiZ
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) October 26, 2015
British Airways plane stuck on runway at OR Tambo Int Airport, Johannesburg. Wheel collapse? pic.twitter.com/BLJNH73NfR
— Herman Bok (@hermanbok) October 26, 2015
Naidoo said “the airport is now utilising the second runway and this has caused some delays in and out of OR Tambo International Airport”.
The pilot reportedly told passengers that the left landing gear had broken off.
Passengers had to disembark from an emergency staircase. - ANA