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Old 27th Aug 2008, 12:58
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If the Main Gear doors unlocked due to impact they may, indeed, leave the marks we see.
They may as well been open as the pilot commanded gear up, and the sequence starts with opening the doors, but never came far enough to unlock and retract the gear itself.
However, I would assume that the LDG doors would have been torn off if they plow the ground and leave such marks.
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