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Airbus Gear Door Issues Cancel Nice Flight


Pictured: An EasyJet Airline Airbus A319-111
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Contact photographer Mathias Henig

What: Easyjet Airbus A319-100 en route from Paris to Nice
Where: Paris
When: Nov 21st 2009
Who: N/A
Why: While en route, the Airbus control panel indicated that the gear door remained open after the gear was retracted. The plane returned to the Orly airport for a safe landing.

Note: We don’t have a follow-up indication telling us if this was a technical problem, a physical problem, or if the sensors or software was just overly sensitive.

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