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In Denial: Transaero Landing Gear Fire


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Contact photographer Christian Waser

What: Transaero Boeing 737-400 from Novosibirsk to Moscow
Where: Novosibirsk Russia
When: Jun 7th 2010
Who: 124 passengers 6 crew
Why: While en route, the plane indicated there was a fire. The crew indicated there was no fire but returned to the airport. On landing (after burning off fuel, maintenance determined that the landing gear had been on fire.

Something fishy in the state of Novosibirsk? Can a crew just decide “there’s no fire?” Obviously not, since they did return to the airport. Fortunately, they did, since the landing gear apparently was on fire.

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