Postby HJ1an » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:11 am
Gear collapse? From another news source I read that they were asked to go around. Based on this 2 news source, I deduce:
1. They were having gear problems, trying to bump the gear out, but failed and contacted the ground hard. But the passengers apparently weren't informed about this, so;
2. ..according to another news, the ATC instructed them to go around, probably saw that there was a gear failure and somehow the pilots missed the signs of it, but too late to do anything about it, aircraft lands unbalanced on remaining gears, skids and catches fire.
At the end of the day, It was very fortunate all passengers were evacuated and safe, and the result of such safety requirements built into new aircraft unlike the old days where it all just means a big fireball immediately after something like this..