News coming out of Mandalay International Airport in Myanmar indicates a Myanmar National Airlines E190 made an emergency landing with the nose gear retracted. Thankfully, Myanmar National Airlines reported no injuries or casualties. The incident Myanmar National Airlines flight 103 was in service from Yangon International Airport to Mandalay International Airport. The aircraft in question – registered as XYAGQ – is a 10-year-old Embraer 190 aircraft. As the flight prepared for landing, the cockpit crew was alerted to a landing gear malfunction. The nose gear would not deploy. Consequently, this led to an emergency landing. According to a statement posted on Myanmar National Airlines’ Facebook page, the captain attempted the emergency landing gear down procedure. However, the malfunction persisted. In addition, the captain did two flybys of the control tower who confirmed the nose landing gear had not been deployed. The captain then proceeded to make an emergency landing at Mandalay International Airport with the nose gear still retracted. As a result, the crew initiated an emergency evacuation. Some passengers filmed the event. Evacuation footage from Myanmar National Airlines flight #UB103, the Embraer 190 which landed with its nose gear retracted earlier today at Mandalay airport, Myanmar. https://t.co/6MgQAQmy0n pic.twitter.com/28t90FOzIO — Breaking Aviation News (@breakingavnews) May 12, 2019 The crew In the cockpit were Captain Myat Moe Aung, First Officers Myo Thiha Aung and Kaung Set Lwin. Service in the cabin was conducted by Purser Cherry Myint and three other cabin crew personnel. Cabin crew play an integral role in any emergency. Whether it be severe turbulence or an attempted hijacking, cabin crew are the ones passengers turn to for instruction and safety. While many passengers assume their primary role is service, flight attendants play a vital role in keeping all passengers safe. Myanmar National Airlines Myanmar National Airlines is the flag carrier of Myanmar. They are a small airline and fly Boeing 737-800, Embraer E190, and ATR aircraft. Thus, they are more of a regional airline serving Myanmar. The airline began service in 1948 as the Union of Burma Airways. Then, in 1989, Myanmar National Airlines underwent its first rebranding as “Myanmar Airways”. Finally, in 2014, Myanmar Airlines was rebranded into its current form: Myanmar National Airlines. Overall After seeing some horrific incidents lately, it is relieving that there were no fatalities or injuries. Moreover, it appears from images that the crew managed to maintain their composure during the incident. Simple Flying hopes to see this E190 back in service soon! Have you flown Myanmar National Airlines? What do you think about this emergency landing? Let us know in the comments! All images came from Myanmar National Airlines Facebook<doc-sep>The captain of the plane, which was carrying 82 passengers and seven crew members, discovered that the front landing gear had failed to deploy after a notification from an onboard alerting system, the airline said in a statement. A backup emergency procedure failed to pull down the wheels.<doc-sep>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. On Facebook, Myanmar National Airlines said the plane's alert system notified the pilot that the front landing gear failed to deploy.<doc-sep>A planeload of passengers escaped injury after a Myanmar pilot skillfully managed to execute an emergency touchdown despite a landing gear failure, meaning the plane’s front wheels didn’t deploy. All 89 people on board managed to walk away from the broken-down jet after Myanmar Airlines flight UB-103 was grounded at around 9am on Sunday in Mandalay. Evacuation footage from Myanmar National Airlines flight #UB103, the Embraer 190 which landed with its nose gear retracted earlier today at Mandalay airport, Myanmar. #AviationDailypic.twitter.com/OJ6GY04t3M — Aero News (@teamaeronews) May 12, 2019 Footage on social media shows the Embraer-190 model gracefully landing before the nose falls forward and grinds into the runway. “Smoke came out a little when we landed... All passengers are okay,” passenger Soe Moe told AFP. Myanmar National Airlines is dispatching a team of engineers to Mandalay to inspect the aircraft. The incident comes just days after another aircraft skidded off the runway at Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport. The Biman Airlines’ Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft broke into three parts during the crash and four people reportedly suffered injuries. Also on rt.com Passenger plane skids off runway in Myanmar, breaks into three (PHOTOS) Like this story? Share it with a friend!<doc-sep>
All 89 people on the flight were unharmed in the dramatic landing. Passengers on a Myanmar National Airlines flight have a brilliant flight crew to thank for miraculously landing safely after the plane's front landing gear failed to deploy. Flight UB103 touched down at Mandalay International Airport at 9:09 a.m. local time with all 82 passengers and seven crew members able to safely evacuate the plane after it scraped its nose down the runway and came to a perfect stop. On approach, the captain tried to deploy the front landing gear, but found out it was malfunctioning and could not be activated, the airline said in a statement. After circling the airport to burn off fuel, the captain came in for a landing with no front wheel. Video shot from inside the airport showed the plane landing on its back wheels, steadying and then eventually coming down on its nose -- sending a shower of sparks down the runway. Miraculously, it slid to a stop before passengers were able to be evacuated by inflatable slide. "Myanmar National Airlines would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the passengers onboard and our crews," the airline said in the statement. The plane, an Embraer 190, had taken off from Yangon, Myanmar, about an hour flight south of Mandalay. The airline commended Capt. Myat Moe Aung, first officers Myo Thiha Aung and Kaung Set Lwin, purser Cherry Myint and three attendants for safely landing the plane. ABC News' Ahmad Hemingway and Will Gretsky contributed to this report.