Posted on 11/29/2024 3:29:17 PM PST by george76
🙏🙏🙏 Praise heaven for a safe landing.
So they actually experienced two failures. Wow.
The flap failure may have caused the plane to put undue pressure on one side’s landing gear.
Most likely.
This one appears to be a hydraulic and electrical system failure involving the flaps. The plane landed without flaps extended.
The collapse of the landing gear point to a hydraulic failure too. Failed to achieve down and locked?? with no unsafe indicator???
All said and done, that 737 is a tough little bird.
Sabotage, anyone......hmmmm?
Now I liked the Boeing 737-300 to 737-800 series
Except for that hard over rudder
It was fixed but only after two complete hull losses with all aboard ( almost a third but they had enough altitude to recover)
The video of the cabin with oxygen masks hanging suggests a harder than normal landing.
A hard landing greater than design limits can cause a gear to collapse.
Grade #5 bolts are not Grade #8 bolts.
Hot landing ...
this from a press realease from the airline..
“We are pleased to confirm that all passengers and crew members are safe. The passengers were taken care of by our team at Mirabel and were able to reach their destination on another flight departing from Montreal-Trudeau International Airport later in the evening.”
no thanks, where is the car rental desk and your corporate card please?
They claim..
“Safety is Nolinor Aviation’s top priority, so we are quick to comply with new regulations, which is why our team was the first in Canada’s civil aviation history to receive its complete Safety Management Systems (SMS) approval.”
guess till today..
“My first question would be “Who does their maintenance/inspections and when was the last time?”
Since it’s Canada, likely Abdul S.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
Most certainly but unless they hit hard on that side, the main gear should take it. They are designed to shear with high vertical forces so they don't puncture the wing tanks.
If they were squawking 7700, the a/c's radar tag should have been marked with a red EM.
So A) this reporter doesn't know enough about aviation to know what questions to ask,
and B) somebody -- either the cockpit crew or the controller -- didn't follow standard emergency procedures.
My son is a pilot for Southwest and had to make an emergency landing last week due to a bird strike. They were taking off from Phoenix when a bird hit the windshield shortly after takeoff. Son said it sounded like a gunshot when it stuck. Fortunately there were no injuries and the windshield stayed in tact.
They made an emergency landing on the same runway they’d just taken off from.
Striker : Mayday! Mayday!
Steve McCroskey : What the heck is that?
Johnny : Why, that’s the Russian New Year. We can have a parade and serve hot hors d’oeuvres...
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