An Embraer E190 aircraft operated by Portugalia Airlines flying TAP Air Portugal aircraft from Lisbon to Manchester on 31 January 2025 had to abort a landing due to an unsafe gear indication.
The aircraft that has a maximum capacity of 124 seats did what is known as a ‘Go Around’ which means the landing is aborted and the aircraft makes another attempt or often they do many circles in a location normally away from the airport until ready.
This aircraft had a serious issue where the front nose gear did not extend which had they tried to land could have crashed or broken up on the runway proceeded by a possible inferno.
On this occasion the flight crew fortunately managed to lower the nose gear and the aircraft made a safe landing on runway 23 right.
The flight was seen live on TikTok although no one was aware of the issues at the time, the aircraft was seen aborting the landing and also coming in for a second attempt which looked a little bit faster than normal.
A PGA Portugalia Embraer ERJ-190 on behalf of TAP Air Portugal, registration CS-TPX performing flight TP-1310 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Manchester,EN (UK), was on final approach to Manchester’s runway 23R when the crew initiated a go around due to an unsafe gear indication, while overflying the airfield during the go around it became clear, both main gear had extended, however, the nose gear had not extended and its doors were still closed. The aircraft positioned for another approach, the crew managed to lower all gear, and landed safely on runway 23R about 20 minutes after the go aorund.
The return flight was cancelled.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Manchester about 7 hours after landing.
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