Myanmar National Airlines pilot safely lands jet without front wheels

Flight UB-103 after its emergency landing. — (Image credit: Aung Thura via AP)

When the front wheels of his plane failed to deploy on Sunday morning, a Myanmar National Airlines pilot skillfully landed the jet using only its rear wheels.

Flight UB-103, an Embraer-190 model, was coming from Yangon when it made an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport. There were 82 passengers and seven crew members on board. No one was injured.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.