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Eight escape unhurt as aircraft landing gear collapses

A FlyBird aircraft's landing gear collapsed upon landing at Kano airport. All eight occupants escaped unhurt as an ...

With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

A critical system failed as a Super Hornet fighter jet was landing on USS Harry S. Truman. The jet slid off the deck into the ...
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Aircraft makes unusual landing at Kano airport

A Flybird aircraft from Abuja made an unusual Kano airport landing on Sunday. All 11 passengers and three crew members were ...
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The Fascinating Lockheed U-2 Landing Procedure

The Lockheed U-2 isn’t just famous for its high-altitude missions—it also has one of the most unusual landing procedures of any aircraft. In this video, we take a closer look at what makes landing the ...
Military Times

Jet landing on USS Truman goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject

An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. (MC3 Rebekah A. Watkins/Navy) An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea ...
The Aviationist

Damaged C-130J Flies Again Five Years After Hard Landing

A hard landing at Ramstein Air Base in 2020 damaged a C-130J’s structural integrity, which led to it becoming the first of the type to receive a wing replacement in the field. A C-130J Super Hercules ...
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Why The F-35 Has Such A Vertical Takeoff & Landing

The F-35 Lightning II fighter jet was designed as a joint strike fighter to serve the needs of the United States Air Force, Navy, and Marines, as well as many US allies and partners around the world.
Alaska Public Media

Frozen landing gear led to F-35 crash at Eielson, Air Force says

An F-35 Lightning II fighter jet that went down at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks in January crashed after attempts to fix frozen landing gear left the plane uncontrollable, according to an Air ...