PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - TU154 out of Sochi is missing.
View Single Post
Old 28th Dec 2016, 22:21
  #192 (permalink)  
Prada
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Estonia
Posts: 77
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
On the picture that Kulverstukas posted, there is a righthand maingear. It is interesting that first pair of wheels are torn off. Quite a force. Normally first pair of wheels hit the ground first, as gear is angled and they are lowest. Could these missing wheels indicate, that gear was not retracted, when plane hit water? First pair of wheels hit water, probably a wave, which at that speed is as hard as a concrete wall.
But then again, hydrocylinder is extended and bent, which means that gear was retracted during impact.
Here is a short video about how Tu-154 gear works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhupJGUZYLQ

Last edited by Prada; 28th Dec 2016 at 22:56.
Prada is offline