Report Attributes Nosewheel Separation To Abusive Grinding During Overhaul

Credit: AAIB
The UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) released a final investigative report on a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 that lost one of its nose wheels during takeoff. Investigators determined that heat-induced cracking originated three years before, during post-chrome-plate grinding. Boeing 737 nose...

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