jondc9;
Ok thanks. To be clear then, the normal uplocks are hydraulically-driven (vice mechanical and spring action), but the emergency gear extension is achieved by cable?
The cable routing is almost certainly well inboard (fuselage, then outboard to the gear). Whether the collision and/or the subsequent accident sequence had anything to do with inadvertent gear extension or whether the crew extended the gear then, remains to be determined. Thanks for the info.