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Oct 2023 PIX/video: that rather fiery Fedex Boeing 757 gear-up landing....

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...see
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/fede ... r-failure/
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https://avherald.com/h?article=50f4076e&opt=1
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https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/346271
Date: Wednesday 4 October 2023
Time: 23:47 LT
Type: Boeing 757-236 (SF)
Owner/operator: FedEx Express
Registration: N977FD
MSN: 24118/163
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category: Accident
Location: Chattanooga-Lovell Field, TN (CHA/KCHA) - United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature: Cargo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5lVZjJ6m0Y
Sparks Fly as FedEx Plane Crash-Lands on Chattanooga Runway A FedEx plane skidded off the runway
as it crash-landed at a regional airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
on the evening of Wednesday, October 4, after a landing-gear failure, fire officials said.

Emergency services personnel and local police
“quickly staged in position and waited”
for the plane to land after receiving reports that the 757 aircraft was experiencing landing-gear failure,
the Chattanooga Fire Department said.
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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