Iran air plane makes emergency landing, no injuries

An Iran Air plane arriving from Moscow made an emergency landing in Tehran late on Tuesday after its landing gear failed, but none of the 116 people on board was hurt, the airline said in a statement."A Boeing 727 Iran Air plane landed safely... despite the landing gear not functioning," the statement by the national carrier said. FNA reports said the Iran Air Boeing 727-200, performing flight IR-742 from Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) to Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran) with 97 passengers and 19 crew, was on approach to Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport around 15:20L (11:50Z) when the crew did not receive a down and locked indication for the nose gear and aborted the approach.Following unsuccessful troubleshooting the crew decided to divert to Tehran's Mehrabad Airport where a low approach confirmed the nose gear was not extended. The crew subsequently performed a landing without the nose gear on runway 29L at about 16:00L (12:30Z) and came to a stand still on both main gear and the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft was evacuated, no injuries occurred. The runway was closed for about 5.5 hours before the aircraft was moved off the runway. In June, an aircraft operated by Iran's Mahan Air also made an emergency landing at Mehrabad airport because of faulty landing gear. There were no casualties in that incident either.