A colleague at work mentioned that he thought that the nose gear had failed, or
collapsed. I’ll see if I can see some video.
I’ve spent the afternoon studying Air India 812’s crash at Mangalore in 2010 –
it’s the sort of thing that I lecture on.
Chris
> On 4 Aug 2016, at 01:39, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I've been watching the footage of the crash of the 777 at Dubai, and
> something odd struck me as not right in the footage of the plane coming to a
> stop. Then on the evening news, there is serious question as to if the
> landing gear was deployed. Looking again closely at the footage, I cannot
> see the nose gear doors open. Anyone else notice this?
>
> Seems there was a similar incident with an Air India 747 about four years
> ago in New Jersey. A tower controller noticed that there was no landing
> gear, made a frantic radio call, and the gear was down and locked a few
> seconds before touchdown.
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