A broken pin might have caused a landing gear failure that left an Alaska Airlines jet resting on one of its engines last month
FILE - The National Transportation Safety Board logo and signage are seen at a news conference at NTSB headquarters, Dec. 18, 2017, in Washington. . The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, that after the pin broke, the landing gear punched through the top of the left wing. Investigators say a pin broke inside the left landing gear of an Alaska Airlines jet that came to rest on one of the engines after landing in California last month.
Data from the plane indicated, however, that the touchdown force was within the airline’s limits, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Monday. When the captain stopped the plane on a taxiway, he opened a window and saw the plane resting on the housing surrounding the left engine. The pilots shut down both engines, and passengers exited on the taxiway.
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