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Embraer on KC-390 test-aircraft incident: update

Damage was identified on each of the three landing gears

Embraer informs that after an initial evaluation of the KC-390 aircraft, prototype 001, which was involved in an incident on May 05, when it experienced a runway excursion while performing ground tests at Embraer's Gavião Peixoto (SP) facility, extensive damage was identified on each of the three landing gear of the aircraft, as well as damage to the structure of the fuselage. Initial checks indicate...

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Gavião Peixoto, Brazil, 05/11/2018 02:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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