Boeing 737 “Tips” Backward During Deplaning: How Does This Happen?

This isn’t the first or last time that something like this will happen. Regardless, it can’t help but make for quite a picture…

GetJet 737 “tips” backward in Norway while on ground

This incident happened shortly after 12PM yesterday (Tuesday, June 10, 2025), and involves a 21-year-old Boeing 737-800 with the registration code LY-UNO. Specifically, the flight was operated by GetJet Airlines, a Lithuanian charter airline, which was operating a flight on behalf of Wizz Air, under a wet lease agreement.

Flight W61749 had just operated the 607-mile flight from Gdansk, Poland (GDN), to Haugesund, Norway (HAU). As passengers were deplaning via air stairs and cargo was being unloaded, the aircraft suddenly tipped backward, and the jet’s tail made contact with the ground.

Below you can see the video of the plane’s forward wheel suspended in the air…

Fortunately there weren’t any injuries reported, because as you’d expect, this could pose a risk to both the passengers and crew on the plane, as well as ground staff. The aircraft was temporarily taken out of service, though reentered service this afternoon, after around 28 hours on the ground.

While unrelated to this incident, I think it’s not too hard to figure out which airline this plane previously flew for before GetJet acquired it, based on the modified livery.