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MaxPower
03-14-2008, 11:20 AM
A Boeing 777 landed at Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia recently with a damaged wing,it appears to be leaking hydraulic liquid everywhere

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cegro27
03-14-2008, 11:52 AM
Hmmm....that's interesting...:shock::confused:
Airfoilsguy
03-14-2008, 01:02 PM
What is that? At first I thought that part of the landing gear strut came lose and pushed through the wing but the landing was too smooth for that. Is it a part of the flap control strut?
uy707
03-14-2008, 04:04 PM
Interesting video, the landing was even text book as far the touching down was concerned. As for the causes, I try my luck with a combination of fluid overfill and overheating
Leftseat86
03-15-2008, 12:21 AM
What the hell is THAT
FireLight
03-15-2008, 12:55 AM
What the hell is THAT

Something that would make you worried as hell if you were sitting at a seat where you could see all that fluid leaking out.
ATFS_Crash
03-15-2008, 02:39 AM
Wouldn’t that be a lever/controll arm for a control surface? Like a pin popped out and the lever went the wrong direction.

If I am going to get wrongly blamed for it I guess I might as well say it.

It could be terrorism / sabotage. ;)
JordanD
03-15-2008, 03:24 AM
Wouldn’t that be a lever/controll arm for a control surface? Like a pin popped out and the lever went the wrong direction.

If I am going to get wrongly blamed for it I guess I might as well say it.

It could be terrorism / sabotage. ;)
Eh I think terrorists would have just gone ahead and used a bomb or something so they could claim responsibility. I mean, what would anybody gain from an aircraft malfunction if it was just that?
Maybe I'm thinking into your remark too much. :razz:
ATrude777
03-15-2008, 08:12 PM
Eh I think terrorists would have just gone ahead and used a bomb or something so they could claim responsibility. I mean, what would anybody gain from an aircraft malfunction if it was just that?
Maybe I'm thinking into your remark too much. :razz:


You are ;)


Indeed quite strange to see, and not something you'd want to see on a Boeing 777 wing!

Alex