Contact failure leads to Bombardier landing-gear malfunction

Contact failure leads to Bombardier landing-gear malfunction

KUMAMOTO, Japan - An Amakusa Airlines Bombardier DHC8-10 aircraft takes off from Kumamoto airport in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture on way to Amakusa on March 21. The airline says it has identified the cause of March 20's landing-gear malfunction involving its Bombardier aircraft as a contact failure at the electronic circuit to control the plane's hydraulic system to release the gears. (Kyodo)

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