In case anyone was on a deserted island, you may not have heard of the Virgin Atlantic B747-400 which had quite an issue on January, 29th. VS43 (G-VROM), departed LGW, bound for LAS, when the starboard wing bogie decided to stop cooperating with the whole gear-sequence-thing, thus creating quite a problem for all concerned parties.
After exhausting all options for a resolution, and having dumped sufficient fuel, the Captian made a manageable situation almost catastrophic by executing the worst student pilot landing on film, blowing out nine tires in the process, thus fouling up the runway for hours in what should have been a fairly routine arrival.
Well, any landing you can walk away from...
Shot location: LGW (Photo courtesy of Sir Robbie Shaw)
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