Member Login Qeshm Fokker 100 Off Runway In IRAN

Date: 16-FEB-2018
Time: 18:28 LT
Type: Fokker 100
Owner/operator: Qeshm Air
Registration: EP-FQF
C/n / msn: 11444
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 104
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Minor
Location: Mashhad Airport (MHD/OIMM), Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan –    Iran
Phase: Landing
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII)
Destination airport: Mashhad Airport (MHD/OIMM)

Narrative:
Qeshm Air flight 1202 from Tehran-Mehrabad Airport, Iran, performed a forced landing at Mashhad when the left main landing gear failed to deploy prior to landing.
The aircraft, a Fokker 100, departed Tehran at 16:39 (13:09 UTC). It was descending towards the destination of Mashhad at 17:38 when a holding pattern was flown. Twenty minutes later the flight performed a low pass over the runway and entered another holding pattern.
A forced landing was carried out on runway 31R at 18:28. The aircraft swerved to the left and departed the left side of the runway, coming to rest between runway 31R and 31L. An evacuation was carried out.