Photos Of SIA Plane’s Nose Gear Collapse At Changi Airport Goes Viral

A Singapore Airlines plane was seen lying awkwardly on its front end at Changi Airport.

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Earlier Sunday, 11 October, a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A330-300's nose gear collapsed when it was at a gate at Changi Airport

The landing gear of the collapsed Airbus retracted while the aircraft was undergoing a landing gear system check, said the airline

Luckily, there were no passengers or crew onboard. An engineer who was on the aircraft, at the time of the incident, was not hurt.

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According to records, the collapsed Airbus A330-300 had been in service for more than 6 years. Its maiden flight was in April 2009.

At the time of writing this story, photos of the collapse posted on Channel NewsAsia Singapore had been shared over 5,000 times

Back in October 2014, SIA Flight SQ 424 experienced air turbulence and was unable to land safely, hitting the runway twice:

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