BOSTON (WHDH) - A Cape Air flight from Boston to Bar Harbor, Maine returned to Logan Airport for an emergency landing Tuesday after the pilot was alerted to a landing gear issue, officials said.
Cape Air Flight 1833 was scheduled to take off from Logan at 2:30 p.m. for an 80 minute flight to Bar Harbor. The plane ended up diverting moments after takeoff and managed to land safely back at Logan.
There were no reported injuries.
Officials did not share any further details about what caused the landing gear issue.
In a statement, though, a spokesperson for Massport said the plane was carrying two passengers and one crew member.
The FAA confirmed the plane landed near 3:20 p.m. with three people on board and said it will investigate the incident.
SKY7-HD was over Logan Airport near 4 p.m. and spotted emergency crews still stationed around the small Cape Air plane. The plane was tilted on its side and dirt was scattered along part of the runway.
Kit Darby, a retired airline pilot who also served as a military pilot, said the Cape Air pilot did a good job landing the plane in such a tense situation.
“He was tilting the airplane for the purpose of ensuring the landing on that one available gear,” Darby said. “He’s coming down, he wants to make sure he lands on that one wheel.”
Darby said the twin-engine Cessna has three landing gear and that it’s rare to have them malfunction — especially two of them at the same time.
“To actually not have two gear come down is very unusual,” he said. “They’re gonna be dealing with the maintenance records, looking at the service on the airplane.”
Those on the next flight out to Bar Harbor were unfazed by what had happened.
“I feel still quite fine,” said Friedrich Caspers.
They said the safe landing helps them put their faith in the pilots behind the wheel.
“Small plans can be safe if you’re a professional,” Caspers said.
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