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United emergency landing at Newark - Sanded off half of the wheel hubs.

Übermittelt vor 4 Jahren

United flight from La Guardia to Houston had a mechanical issue and landed at Newark shortly after takeoff. Everyone safe... (avherald.com) Mehr...

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Frank Harvey vor 4 Jahren 2

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How do you keep heading down the centerline with that much drag on one side as your airspeed declines and your rudder loses effect ? Why don't you ground loop around the left main ?

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sharon bias vor 4 Jahren 2

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I'm not a pilot, but wouldn't that sort of problem have shown up as bells and lights in the cockpit or just the plane handling funny?

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Cansojr vor 4 Jahren 2

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This looks like the gear was filed down a heavy grit of sand paper or an emerey wheel. Clearly a brake siezed up and you have this mess.

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United emergency landing at Newark - Sanded off half of the wheel hubs.

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