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Investigators Probe Landing Gear Failure

AMERICAN investigators were trying to determine why part of a United Airlines jetliner's landing gear failed to deploy, forcing terrified passengers to crouch in their seats and brace for a crash before the pilot touched down safely despite scraping the jet's belly on the runway.

All 48 passengers and five crew members made it off the Airbus A319 plane, hustling through its exit doors and sliding down inflated emergency chutes once it came to a stop at the busy Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday.




 

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