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Dash 8-400 Incident Brings Focus Back On The Type’s Landing Gear Issues

There have been other landing gear-related issues with the Dash 8 in the past.

Landing gear systems are equipped with multiple redundancies.

The conductive rubber neutralizes electrical charge in aircraft tires.

The number of wheels in the landing gear depends on the amount of weight it must support.

In general, this is done every 150 to 400 flight cycles

Over 150 passengers were onboard, and the flight circled for two hours to burn fuel before returning to Tiruchirappalli.

Over 150 passengers were onboard, and the flight circled for two hours to burn fuel before returning to Tiruchirappalli.

Social media video captured the scary situation unfold.

The plane’s landing gear doors would not close shortly after take off.

The Cape Air flight was intending to fly from Boston to Maine.