Modern commercial aircraft are equipped with hydraulic retractable landing gears. The retraction system utilizes pressurized hydraulic fluid to actuate various linkages to raise and lower the gear. When the pilot commands the landing gear in the “up” position, hydraulic fluid is directed into the gear line.
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