O-ring jammed landing gear in recent Q400 incident

Danish Investigation Board concluded in a preliminary report that the most recent SAS Q400 landing gear malfunction, which caused the airline to pull the turboprops permanently from its fleet ( ATWOnline , Oct. 30) , was caused by an O-ring that became lodged in the right main gear's actuator, the...

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