A Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner suffered a nose landing gear collapse while parked at a gate at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) on Thursday, June 4th, forcing
The incident is highly unusual for a modern aircraft type and particularly noteworthy given the aircraft’s young age. The Boeing 787-9 involved has been in Lufthansa service for less than six months.
Is it also unusual considering that it’s a Boeing?
It’s been a minute since Boeings stopped failing spectacularly, so it’s a mild surprise, but for a new plane’s landing gear to collapse while parked, it reeks of manufacturing defect and QC failure…
Thankfully it failed when parked, things could have turned out much, much worse if it had been later during landing…
Is it also unusual considering that it’s a Boeing?
Unusual but not suprising maybe.
It’s been a minute since Boeings stopped failing spectacularly, so it’s a mild surprise, but for a new plane’s landing gear to collapse while parked, it reeks of manufacturing defect and QC failure…
Thankfully it failed when parked, things could have turned out much, much worse if it had been later during landing…