China Airlines B744 at New York on Jul 10th 2013, gear problem

Last Update: July 10, 2013 / 22:43:40 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 10, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Gear problem

Airline
China Airlines

Flight number
CI-5392

Departure
Anchorage, United States

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
B-18720

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A China Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration B-18720 performing flight CI-5392 (dep Jul 9th) from Anchorage,AK to New York JFK,NY (USA), had landed on runway 22L, had turned off the runway at the end, crossed runway 31L and was taxiing along taxiway Z when the crew advised they would stop due to a gear problem, taxiways J and Z were blocked as result. While an operations vehicle was dispatched to meet the aircraft and have a look, an Aeromexico crew having landed just behind the China Airlines Jumbo reported, that the left main gear of the Boeing 747-400 appeared in an awkward position. The operations vehicle arriving a short time later reported the aircraft was leaking fluid. Tower advised the crew the left main gear appeared as if it had not completely deployed.

The aircraft was unloaded and subsequently towed to the apron a couple of hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 10, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Gear problem

Airline
China Airlines

Flight number
CI-5392

Departure
Anchorage, United States

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
B-18720

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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