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Could a plane land on specialized vehicles if its landing gear failed?
This (fake) video has stirred up a lot of questions online about whether such a scenario would be possible in reality - and the answer to those questions appears to be a resounding "No, that's very ...
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Is there no warning if landing gear is not retracted during flight?
I know that most aircraft have a warning system which makes beeping sounds if an aircraft tries to land without the gear down. After reading this news article about an Air India flight 676 flying ...
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Does it make sense to do an emergency landing without nose gear in order to reduce stopping distance?
Would a pilot decide to land without the nose gear down to increase friction if for example all the engines have suffered a flame-out and there is only a very short runway available ?
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Why did some aircraft use hand-crank instead of gravity for alternate gear extension?
I wondered whether the final scene in The Memphis Belle where they hurry to extend the gear by hand crank (because their electric system failed) is realistic, but according to this answer the B-17 ...
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Why burn fuel at departure airport instead of flying to destination before emergency landing due to deflated tire?
A Southwest airliner recently had an issue where a "deflated tire indicator" showed on one of the landing gear tires after takeoff from Oakland, CA. They circled nearby for 4 hours while burning off ...
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Is it possible to control an aircraft on the runway if the nose gear collapses?
I have read and seen some articles in which, for various reasons, the aircraft's nose gear collapsed after landing during the roll out. This resulted in the aircraft going off the runway.
Is it ...
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How much damage could a landing gear malfunction do?
How much damage could a total landing gear malfunction do to an airliner? Could the runway wear a hole through the plane?
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If the landing gear is stuck in an airliner, can the crew go down and manually open it?
There are several instances where we see the landing gear getting stuck before landing. In these kind of situations, can the crew, or one of the pilots, go down to the landing gear area and solve the ...
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How did the nose landing gear of JetBlue Flight 292 get stuck sideways?
The nose landing gear of the Airbus A320-200 was jammed, but the tires were perpendicular to the fuselage. How did that happen?
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How do you perform a gear-up landing in a large airliner?
How do you perform a gear-up landing in a large airliner (say, a Boeing 747)? Would you fly it like a normal landing, or are there special considerations (angle of touchdown, use/non-use of thrust ...
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What's the technique for landing without one set of wheels?
A Boeing 747-400 recently made an emergency landing without the wheels under the right wing:
News story
Photo of the undercarriage
Video of the landing from the end of the runway
What's the standard ...
