Turkish Airlines Flight 1878

Turkish Airlines Flight 1878 was an international passenger flight from Milan–Malpensa Airport, Italy to Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey. On April 25, 2015, the aircraft executed a sharp roll just before landing, leading to a hard touchdown that caused significant damage to the starboard wing and a fire. A go-around was performed, and the aircraft then set up for a second landing attempt but veered off the runway during this approach. Fortunately, all 102 passengers and crew were unharmed.

Accident
At 10:23 local time (07:23 UTC) on 25 April 2015, the A320 operating flight 1878 rolled to the right just before landing on runway 05 at Istanbul and touched down hard from a height of 100 ft. A tail strike was followed by a hard landing on the starboard main gear. This caused substantial damage to the starboard wing, including the rupturing of fuel lines.

The aircraft made a go-around, climbing to an altitude of 3800 ft. During the approach to land on runway 35L, a passenger noticed the damaged wing was on fire. During the second landing, at 10:41 local time (07:41 UTC), the aircraft's right landing gear collapsed and the aircraft spun almost 180° off the runway. The airport's fire and rescue service attended the aircraft and the fire was extinguished. All on board evacuated the aircraft via the emergency slides. There were no injuries reported. The flight crew claimed that wake turbulence from a Boeing 787 Dreamliner which landed ahead of them may have been the reason for the initial roll and contact with the runway.

Following the accident, the airport was temporarily closed, with flights being diverted to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport or other airports near IST. Turkish Airlines cancelled 95 flights from Istanbul.

Aircraft
The accident aircraft was an Airbus A320-200, registration TC-JPE, named Gümüşhane. The aircraft's manufacturer's serial number was 2941. It had first flown on 18 October 2006 and was repainted into the Star Alliance livery in 2014. The aircraft was subsequently written off.

Investigation
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is responsible for investigating aviation accidents in Turkey and has commenced an investigation.