ANKARA, May 9 (Reuters) - A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737

plane's front tire burst upon landing at an airport in

southern Turkey on Thursday, the Turkish transport minister

said, adding there were no casualties and all 190 passengers and

crew were evacuated.

The front landing gear strut was damaged on the Corendon

Airlines plane, arriving from Cologne, Germany, as it landed at

Alanya-Gazipasa airport in Antalya, Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu

said.

"All our relevant units were on the field and were on alert.

Thank God, there were no injuries to the 184 passengers and 6

crew," Uraloglu said on social media platform X, adding initial

evaluations showed there was no damage to the runway, which was

temporarily closed.

On Wednesday, Turkish authorities launched an investigation

into a FedEx Airlines Boeing 767 cargo plane landing at Istanbul

Airport without its front landing gear.

After Thursday's incident, flights were diverted to the main

Antalya airport and other nearby airports, the minister said.

Corendon said in a statement the plane halted safely on the

runway after the tire burst.

Experts say burst tyres on landing are relatively common

and typically require minor repairs, but can trigger a search

for tyre debris or in some cases a passenger evacuation.

The plane involved, which has six wheels, is different from

the larger 767 which made an emergency landing without its front

landing gear on Wednesday.