Myanmar plane lands safely amid nose wheel failure

A Myanmar National Airlines plane landed safely at Mandalay airport after suffering a nose wheel failure on Sunday morning, a police officer of the airport told Xinhua.

The photo shows the Myanmar National Airlines plane that landed at Mandalay airport after suffering a nose wheel failure on Sunday morning, May 12, 2019. [Photo: cctv.com]

The accident caused panic among the 80 passengers on board, however, it resulted in no injury.

The airliner, Embraer 190, en route from Yangon to Mandalay, the second largest city in the central part of country, met with the accident while landing at the Tada U international airport at about 9 a.m. local time.

It tried to land safely while some smoke was monitored.

Rescue work is underway after the accident.