Nordstar B738 at Moscow on Oct 9th 2016, unsafe gear, crack found in gear leg
Last Update: October 11, 2016 / 00:01:45 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2016
Classification
Accident
Cause
Unsafe gear
Airline
Nordstar Airlines
Flight number
Y7-7750
Departure
Heraklion, Greece
Destination
Moscow Domodedovo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BDZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
It emerged the following day, that a crack in the left main gear strut was found.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Moscow about 35 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 9, 2016
Classification
Accident
Cause
Unsafe gear
Airline
Nordstar Airlines
Flight number
Y7-7750
Departure
Heraklion, Greece
Destination
Moscow Domodedovo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BDZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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