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Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 "Herne" suffers nose gear collapse at Frankfurt Airport, Los Angeles flight cancelled (www.aviation24.be)
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[–] [S] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The incident is highly unusual for a modern aircraft type and particularly noteworthy given the aircraft’s young age. The Boeing 787-9 involved has been in Lufthansa service for less than six months.

Is it also unusual considering that it's a Boeing?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    It's been a minute since Boeings stopped failing spectacularly, so it's a mild surprise, but for a new plane's landing gear to collapse while parked, it reeks of manufacturing defect and QC failure...

    Thankfully it failed when parked, things could have turned out much, much worse if it had been later during landing...

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