A340-600 Landing Gear Crack
One A340-600 suffered a stress crack on the main fitting of a main gear leg. The crack was caused by excess torque-stress in the gear leg when the aircraft made tight turns during taxiing. This was facilitated by the aircraft nose-wheel, which could be turned to very high steering angles and thereby...
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