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Discusses the crash of a small plane into the side of a skyscraper in Milan, Italy. How the crash does not point to terrorism; How the pilot reported having trouble with landing gear prior to the accident; Speculation on other causes for the crash.

The article offers summaries of aircraft accidents in August 2014 based on preliminary findings of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). It notes the forced landing and damage to the right landing gear of the Cessna 310 airplane at the El Dorado/Captain Jack Thomas Memorial Airport in Kansas on August 27, 2014. It also mentions minor injuries sustained by the pilot during the crash of a Maule MT 7-235 airplane in Edon, Ohio on August 26, 2014.

The article reports on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 which roared Addis Ababa and the jet's survival depended on pilots turning pair of wheels in the cockpit. Topics dsicussed include views of copilot Ahmed Nur Mohammod Nur said on the same, inability of the airline firm Ethiopian Airlines pilots to use the wheels and vews of transport minister Dagmawit Moges on the same.

A personal narrative is presented in which the editor shares experience of the U.S. airplane accident due to collapsed landing gear, right wing, damaged engine and adds that were no immediate reports of injuries after the accident.

The article offers suggestions for controlling the tail-wheel airplane accidents by using antiques and warbirds equipped with tail-wheels.

This article focuses on problems faced by the jet aircraft Airbus A320, operated by JetBlue Airways. JetBlue Flight 292's touchdown with a cocked nosegear is not the first evidence of Airbus A320 landing gear problems. The September 21 incident was the second for JetBlue, which operates an all-A320 fleet. The low-cost carrier was involved in a similar incident on November 1, 2002, at its New York JFK International Airport base. Incident databases show that in both 2002 incidents, the A320s had come out of maintenance where dynamic seals on the nosegear had been replaced. Investigators found that the upper centering cam on the inner cylinder of the nosegear had not been properly installed. Airbus Industrie SA says that airlines are always notified of any operational incident/occurrence, and in previous cases, the manufacturer had issued modifications.

Reports on the efforts of Swiss investigators to determine why the nose landing gear of an Iberia MD-87 twinjet failed to extend on March 20, 1999 prior to landing at Geneva-Cointrin airport. Damage suffered by the twinjet; Engines powering the twinjet; Flight hours accumulated by the aircraft.

The article reports that the nose gear of a US Airways A320 collapsed during a takeoff attempt at Philadelphia Airport on March 13, 2014.

The article reports on the incident wherein a Royal Canadian Air Force instructor pilot and a student on a routine training flight ejected from a CT-156 Harvard II aircraft with a malfunctioning landing gear, near their base at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in Canada on January 24, 2014.

The article reports on the recommendation of Bombardier to ground the Dash 8-Q400 aircraft with more than 10,000 landing gear cycles after undercarriage collapses on two separate airplane on flights operated by SAS Scandinavian Airlines in September 2007. It details the accidents involving the two Q400 aircraft on September 12 and 23. Austrian Airline's regional subsidiary Austrian temporarily removed its 10 Q400 aircraft from operation.

Discusses the crash of a small plane into the side of a skyscraper in Milan, Italy. How the crash does not point to terrorism; How the pilot reported having trouble with landing gear prior to the accident; Speculation on other causes for the crash.

The article reports that the failure of flight crew to follow correct procedures led to a Kalstar Aviation Embraer 195 airplane overruning at El Tari airport in Kupang, Indonesia on December 21, 2015. Topics include the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) citing that the approach to Kupang exceeded the requirements of the stabilised approach criteria of the company, the crew's failure to conduct a briefing, and the captain's suggestion to lower the landing gear of the aircraft.

The article reports on the inspection advisory implemented by Bombardier Dash after a landing incident of one of its 8 Q400. The author notes that after the All Nippon Airways aircraft incident, Bombardier Dash recommended an inspection of the nose landing-gear door mechanism of the aircraft to all Q400 operators. Bombardier explained that the fightcrew were unable to work with the problem in the nose landing gear despite several trials of using the alternate extension system.

The article reports on the crash of an AirTran Boeing 717 aircraft on November 10, 2006. The airplane taxied into a ditch and collapsed the nose gear after landing at Memphis International Airport in Tennessee. The captain stated that he saw Gate C16 to his left and turned the airplane toward the terminal. The nose gear impacted a concrete drainage ditch and was separated from the trunnion and collapsed, and the forward pressure bulkhead was punctured and buckled.

Reports on the suspended prison sentence given to Captain Wolfgang Arminger after a Hapag-Lloyd Airbus A310-300 crashed at Vienna airport in Germany in 2001. Discussion on the allegation against Arminger for ignoring the low-fuel warnings of A310; Details of the aircraft accident; Information on the error of the aircraft's landing gear that caused the accident.