Greg Biffle survived plane 'mechanical failure' 14 years before dying in crash

The NASCAR champion called his pilots "heroes" after his plane experienced a landing gear problem in March 2011 ...

Why doesn't the Boeing 737 have landing gear doors?

The Boeing 737 has a set of two wheels for its nose landing gear and two sets of two wheels for the main landing gear. This ...
People

Boy, 13, Survives 620-Mile Flight While Hiding in an Aircraft's Landing Gear

The Afghan teenager reportedly hid in the wheel well of a plane that landed at an airport in India SERGEI GAPON/AFP via Getty An Afghan teenager survived a flight to India while hiding in the landing ...
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Boy hides in plane’s landing gear on flight from Kabul to Delhi

An Afghan boy traveled from Kabul to Delhi by hiding in the landing gear compartment of a plane, Indian authorities have said. The boy, who authorities estimated was about 13 years old, was found ...
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Identity released for body found in Charlotte plane’s landing gear, CMPD says

The body was discovered in the landing gear around 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28, while a crew was “performing maintenance on an American Airlines plane that had recently arrived from Europe,” CMPD said.