Shaheen Air – Landing Gear Collapse on Landing

Pakistani airline Shaheen Air, a Boeing 737-4H6 (AP-BJN), was damaged in a runway excursion at Lahore-Allama Iqbal International Airport (LHE), Pakistan.
Flight NL147 bound from Karachi (KHI), after landing went to the right off the side of the runway and came to rest in the grass with a collapsed left main landing gear. Pilots reported the gear collapsed due to bird strike shortly before landing. Witnesses reported seeing blood spatter and feather on the nose gear.

There were no injuries reported.

According to Aviation-Network, the airplane, AP-BJN, had been involved in a prior accident on April 22, 2012 when the left hand undercarriage strut penetrated through the upper wing upon landing at Karachi. The aircraft was repaired and flew again on May 16, 2014.

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