FedEx Plane Without Landing Gear Skids Off Runway, but Lands Safely at Tennessee Airport

FedEx Plane Without Landing Gear Skids Off Runway, but Lands Safely at Tennessee Airport
A FedEx 757 sits on a landing strip at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport on Oct. 5, 2023, after crash landing late Wednesday evening. Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP
The Associated Press
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.—A FedEx plane skidded off the runway during a crash landing at a Tennessee airport when its landing gear did not descend, but no one was injured, officials said.

Public safety agencies rushed to the Chattanooga Regional Airport late Wednesday after reports that the FedEx Boeing 757 had experienced a landing gear failure shortly after takeoff, the Chattanooga Fire Department said in a tweet. The aircraft, which had three crew members aboard, circled and then made its final descent and came to rest beyond the runway in a safety area, fire officials said.