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FLORENCE AIRPORT: LANDING GEAR FAILURE FOR AN AIR FRANCE PLANE

FLORENCE, The malfunction of one of the two landing gears forced an Air France plane to make an animated landing at Vespucci airport of Florence. The flight AF 1216 was coming from Charles de Gaulle aiport of Paris. No passenger was injured but airport traffic was stopped for an hour. The pilot, shortly after covering 200 m of the runway while landing noticed the mulfunctioning of the braking system...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 2110
Rome, Italy, 09/19/2000 13:57
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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