Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A damaged Boeing 757-200 cargo jet operated by FedEx on the ground at the Chattanooga airport in Tennessee after an emergency ...

Various aircraft experienced landing gear failures, leading to collapses or damage, during extension, landing, or rollout. Root causes included structural failures (e.g., cracked welds, broken ...

Pilots of retractable-gear aircraft must thoroughly know their specific emergency extension procedures, and if these fail, accept the inevitable gear-up landing to prioritize occupant safety over ...

US investigators have determined that a broken wire prevented activation of the alternate undercarriage extension system on a FedEx Boeing 757-200 freighter, forcing the crew to conduct a gear-up ...

Smiths Aerospace delivered landing gear extension and retraction system flight-test hardware for the Airbus A380. Smiths' work includes design, development, certification support and manufacturing of ...

Brazilian investigators have revealed that a ATR 42-300 landed with its undercarriage retracted despite each pilot’s separately calling that the landing-gear had been extended. The MAP aircraft made ...