The pilot was climbing out of the F-35C when the nose landing gear began retracting. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 311 at Marine Corps Air ...
In Belgium, a Boeing 737 jetliner quite literally fell on its nose — and the airline behind it is stumped as to what happened. As Dutch-language Het Laatste Nieuws indicates, the nose landing gear of ...
French investigators have found that a Cessna 525A Citation departed Paris Le Bourget after personnel failed to realise nose-gear maintenance was incomplete, forcing the jet to return for a gear-up ...
An F-35 Lightning II fighter jet that went down at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks in January crashed after attempts to fix frozen landing gear left the plane uncontrollable, according to an Air ...
Investigators in Myanmar believe improper maintenance meant an Embraer 190’s intermittent nose-gear fault was not rectified before the aircraft landed at Mandalay without its nose-wheels deployed. The ...
A firefighting plane in Colorado had to make an emergency landing without the landing gear working properly on Friday. According to the Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control, the Pilatus ...
The FAA issued four airworthiness directives—all effective Dec. 26. Here they are: 1. Operators of Airbus A318, A319, certain A320s and A321 series aircraft must inspect retraction actuators on the ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that a broken wire and hydraulic fluid leaks caused the landing gear failure on the FedEx Boeing 757. This conclusion was included in the ...