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Old 27th Sep 2010, 03:24
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Be careful, folks. If you persuade your employers that it is no big deal landing a plane with only 2 LG, they're gonna start asking Boeing and Airbus "How come we have to pay for a third gear?"

More seriously - sure, the crew were pros, worked the problem, kept it on the longer slab of concrete to which they sensibly diverted, good job. There have been recent landings with all gear intact yet worse outcomes.

But I hope no one here disagrees that a stuck gear eats a big chunk out of the margin of safety. Or - in the PPRUNE metaphor - represents a big hole in the cheese just waiting for something else to line up with it.
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