Video: Nose gear of parked Lufthansa jet collapses at Frankfurt airport

Key points

• Several staff members were injured when the nose gear of a Boeing 787 jetliner unexpectedly collapsed at a gate at Frankfurt airport on Thursday, its operator Lufthansa said.
• The nose gear is the front landing wheel assembly and provides front weight support, directional steering and shock absorption.
• "Passengers had not yet boarded," a company spokesperson said in an emailed statement, adding that crew members and ground staff were on board the aircraft at the time of the incident, reported Bloomberg News.
• "Several staff members were injured and are currently receiving medical treatment," the German aviation giant added.
• According to a Reuters photographer, there were multiple emergency vehicles parked around the two-engine widebody aircraft, which partly lay on its belly.