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Joe, any idea what was up with the 747 around the 3:30 mark? It looks like one of the landing gear was collapsed or didn't fully extend, but they knew there was a problem before it landed as you can see the emergency vehicles rushing out before it landed.
Joe, any idea what was up with the 747 around the 3:30 mark? It looks like one of the landing gear was collapsed or didn't fully extend, but they knew there was a problem before it landed as you can see the emergency vehicles rushing out before it landed.
That was Virgin Atlantic VS43, outbound Gatwick for Vegas.
A hydraulic actuator in the gear-retract mechanism for the right outer main had been improperly re-installed during service, rotated 180° out of position. It finally broke (its hydraulic inlet fitting apparently cracked or was knocked out of the body), during gear-up just after takeoff on Dec 29th 2014, about three months after it had been serviced. This caused the gear to jam in a partially-retracted position.
The crew detected the fault almost immediately after takeoff, so they aborted the Atlantic crossing and just made a quick hop out to the ocean to circle around while dumping fuel, before returning to Gatwick. So yeah, the airport had plenty of time to clear out inbound traffic and roll the equipment.
Perhaps the most insidious of power plant pests are the fingernail-sized quagga (Figure 6) and zebra mussels. The invasive species originating from the Black and Caspian Sea region have caused millions of dollars in damage in the Great Lakes region, where they were discovered in 1988. Now, they are making their way through U.S. waterways. Their discovery at Lake Mead in 2007, and subsequent colonization of Lake Powell and parts of Central Arizona Project’s water-delivery system has put the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Salt River Project, and other Western power generators on high alert.
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