A Mahan Air Airbus A310 passenger aircraft crashed into a guard rail at the Ataturk Airport, Istanbul today at 08:35 local time after ...
A Mahan Air Airbus A310 passenger aircraft crashed into a guard rail at the Ataturk Airport, Istanbul today at 08:35 local time after a brake malfunction.
While taxing to apron at a very low speed, the aircraft failed to stop due to a faulty hydraulic brake and came to rest after crashing into the fence. The crash caused the front landing gear to fail, collapsing the aircraft on to a vacant bus.
There were 166 people on board including passengers and crew. No injuries were reported and all on board exited normally from the aircraft.
The Iranian airline was operating Flight 112 from Tehran to Istanbul. The single aisle aircraft with registration EP-MNP was built in 1991.
