Cargo Aircraft Incident Raises Questions About Landing Gear Safety

A FedEx Airbus A300-600F experienced a nose gear collapse while parked outside a maintenance hangar at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). According to AeroTime, no injuries were reported. The incident occurred on February 4, 2026, and the aircraft was not in operation. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the collapse, which damaged the nose gear, gear door, and lower forward fuselage skin. FedEx continues to operate a fleet of Airbus A300-600 freighters that entered service in the late 1990s and early 2000s.