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Boeing 787-8, Inadvertent nose landing gear retraction whilst parked on stand

by mjmasn on 11/4/22, 8:08 AM with 3 comments

• by Trouble_007 on 11/4/22, 8:23 AM

  WOW! How is this even possible?

  I would have thought that it would/should be almost impossible to retract the landing gear on the ground.

  Given an aircraft will fly with the gear down, all be it little less efficient/aerodynamic.

• by nikau on 11/5/22, 4:13 AM

  > because two holes were located so close together that the pin could be accidentally inserted in the wrong location.

  A tale as old as time...