Cathay Pacific Airbus A340-300 B-HXG - London - Heathrow

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NEWS! Cathay Pacific Airbus makes and emergency landing

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Image ID: 53292
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Operator: Cathay Pacific - B-HXG
Aircraft: Airbus - A340-300
Airport: UK - England - London - Heathrow
Category: Airliners
Photo taken on 2009-7-12 by Jack H [Contact]

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(12.7.2009, 23:34 CET)
As i sat out side Heathrow opposite to the Heathrow Academy whilst the aircraft where landing on 27R. I noticed that there were alot of fire engines with their sirens on driving past. A minute later the fire engines were seen by the side of the runway and i thought it was strange. About 1 minute later i heard the piolt of an A340-300 Cathay Pacific saying that they had landing gear problems and the door would not shut on the rear landing gear. About 10 minutes later i saw it on its approach banking and i had noticed the middle landing gear was not out and also the gear doors weren't shut. The pilot had to do a smooth landing to ensure that the doors would not hit the ground. As he came in there was a bit of wobble and he touched down. It was one of the best greasy landing i had ever seen in my life. He then slowed down and finished off at the other end of the runway.

1 Emanuel Linert
(13. 7. 2009, 18:24 CET)
great photo and great account

2 Jack H
(10. 8. 2009, 21:58 CET)
The piolt emailed me requesting to have a copy for a newsletter and this is what it included "Hi Jack, First of all let me congratulate you on the excellent photograph. I was the Captain of that flight - we had lost a hydraulic system on our way from Hong Kong, and it meant that the undercarriage had to be lowered by a backup system which results in the gear doors hanging down as you can see. We also have thrust reversers only on the inboard engines and also use a secondary braking system, but as you saw the aircraft stops without any problems. The only reason we have to be towed in is that using the backup gear system means we have no nosewheel steering. Anyway my company would love to use your photo in an internal publication, so I was wondering if you could let me have a copy, please? Any use would of course be credited to you, but if you're unhappy about releasing a copy then don't worry. If you have any questions or would like to know more then please email me. In the meantime, thanks very much for your time and best wishes, John Megarry, Airbus Captain"

3 Ray Abela
(28. 8. 2009, 12:47 CET)
Great Catch my friend... Thanks for sharing the seen !!! Also full credits goes to the brave pilot and the team for the smooth safe landing !!

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