Varig MD-11 lost body gear?

[Flightmech]

Originally Posted by Mercenary Pilot

Just seen this on airliners.net

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...v_id=&next_id=

Has this been reported already? What happend?

We had this happen on one of our own MD-11's a few years back. The thing just folded back on landing. One of the leading reasons that came to light during the investigation was under-inflation of the strut. A sad picture