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Nose wheel falls off Boeing 757 airliner waiting for takeoff (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 11 months ago by Womble to c/technology
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Because Boeing were on such a good streak already...

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[–] pachrist 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

On some Boeing aircraft, the nose wheel will actually come off when the autopilot system overcompensates during takeoff and crashes the plane straight into the ground. There were aome small news stories about it a few years back.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s even known that the nose itself can come off if the autopilot overcompensates while in flight and crashes the plane into the ground.

[–] Tangent5280 2 points 11 months ago

Are you sure? This makes it sound like every time the plane crashes into the ground because of autopilot overcompensation, its a good bet to assume the nose itself has already come off.