Pardon me if this is a(nother) silly question, but what would be a possible cause of the landing gear separating from the a/c?
Is this likely just a result of heavy braking conditions and so on?
I mean, normally the gear fails (I think?) as a result of a heavy landing but it didn't take off/land on this occasion so I couldn't work out why it might have separated.
Thank you.
ETA: Apologies, I can see it could have detached as the plane went off the tarmac onto softer ground.
Last edited by susier; 5th Jun 2014 at 18:51.