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, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.