Originally Posted by
hunterboy
What was the story of the head and the nose wheel doors? Sounds like something we could all learn from.....
At Laarparts in the late 90’s, ‘the jet that should not be named’ was being fettled in HMF. The unfortunate chap was working on something in the nose wheel well when there was an uncommanded gear retraction and the top of his head was pinned in the gear doors. Ouch. My memory of the cause is hazy, rumour control was pretty rife at the time. I’m sure someone more enlightened will be able to flesh out the details.