Several crew and staff members received injuries when the front landing gear of a Boeing 787 unexpectedly collapsed while the aircraft was parked at a gate at Frankfurt Airport, aviation news outlets report, citing the aircraft’s operator, Lufthansa.
The incident on Thursday, which occurred before passengers boarded the LA-bound aircraft, adds to mounting concerns over Boeing’s safety and quality-control standards, following a series of similar cases in recent years.
Dramatic footage apparently captured by the airport’s CCTV cameras and shared on social media shows the nose of the plane suddenly dropping onto the tarmac while parked at the gate.
The video appears to show a panel coming loose as the plane settles onto the ground.
Passengers had not yet boarded, crew members and ground staff were on board the aircraft at the time of the incident, Lufthansa said in a statement, as cited by Breaking Aviation News & Videos.
The company said the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated in cooperation with the authorities.
The aircraft involved in the incident is a relatively new Boeing 787 which was built last year and entered service with Lufthansa in February, according to data from Flightradar24.
Boeing has come under increasing pressure over its manufacturing practices, with former employees alleging systemic production shortcuts, overlooked defects, and weak quality control across its aircraft programs.
The incident in Frankfurt follows several high-profile events involving Boeing 787 Dream-liners in recent years.
In March 2024, at least 50 people were injured when a Latam Airlines Boeing 787 flying from Australia to New Zealand suddenly nosedived.
Last June, an Air India Boeing 787-8 crashed in Ahmedabad, India, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and at least 19 people on the ground in the first fatal Dreamliner accident since the aircraft entered service in 2011.
Boeing has also faced scrutiny over other aircraft types. In January 2024, a door plug blew out of an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, forcing an emergency landing.
The company is still grappling with the fallout from two fatal 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people and grounded the model worldwide for nearly two years.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
Two years ago Sam Mohawk of Boeing stated on CBS 60 minutes that faulty or non conforming parts to speed up production were used by staff to keep the production line moving when the quality inspection team weren’t looking . 42 faulty rudders were used that would not last 30 years as well as nuts and bolts , Merle Mayers former employee stated in 2015 faulty landing gear axles were brought back to the factory they were corroded . John Barnett another whistle blower died ———–? Boeing donated $ 1 Million to Donald,s fund . I got all this from… Read more »
«If it’s a Boeing, I’m not going» is a common phrase, a sad story for once a proud company….
I agree its a combination of wanting more profit –cheaply– the company supplying the parts is involved as well.
This is due to lack of maintenance by the Lufthansa airlines. Airlines cut corners on their most expensive departments. Maintenance is expensive and time consuming.
It could be but three whistle blowers have stated Boeing has a problem.
COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) builds the C919, It is designed to compete directly with the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320neo family. I trust COMAC . Soon Boeing will be like the usd…. both will be going nowhere.
The Lufthansa 787-9 involved (registration D-ABPQ, MSN/serial 66827, line number 1196) was built at Boeing’s South Carolina final assembly facility in North Charleston.
Undercarriage collapse whilst stationary on a 5 month old Boeing is alarming.
As some posters are blaming Lufthansa for “bad maintenance ” I will name the American company supplying spares to Boeing –its– Spirit Aerosystems ( Wichita ) –the FAA are investigating both companies. At the same time Lufthansa is said to have purchased counterfeit spare parts the company it purchased them from is keeping quiet about its source. 200 whistle blower statements were sent to the FAA , the door of the Boeing that blew off in flight was made at Boeing,s Washington factory. John Barnett a Boeing quality manager who collected 3000 internal documents for the FAA committed suicide by… Read more »