I heard it mentioned on the radio 4 (Iknow, I know) news this morning. Just for a change it wasn't dramatised. Although "The aircraft lost part of it's undercarriage on take off" whilst strictly speaking true, does sound a tad more alarming than a locking pin.
Whilst trying to avoid thread creep, are there any journos out there that actually fly (ppl or whatever) that could explain why their bretheren appear to sensationalise any event with an aircraft? You only need to look at the number of posts about "go around at so and so" to realise that Fleet Streets finest will get any dirty info from anywhere, and how stupid they actually are. If you wanted to dig up some dirt about pilot activity, would you ask a load of pliots?????
Sorry for the thread creep, but I had to get it off my chest!