These jacks are positioned under the nose of the plane, under the tail and one under each wing. ... the Hi Fly team had no choice but to fly the A380 with its landing gear down.

An investigation is under way after one set of landing gear on an Emirates Airbus A380 failed to deploy properly before landing, forcing the world's largest airliner to touch down on its remaining ...

I traveled on Qatar Airways First Class from Dubai via Doha to Bangkok using just 50k award miles. The first flight from ...

When the Airbus 380 touched down on Sunday it did so on some of the largest nose landing gear that Messier-Dowty produces. At 4.8m (16ft) tall when extended, the A380 nose gear is the largest ...

The A380 weighs up to 391 tonnes on landing. The giant plane has a total of 22 landing wheels, including two sets under the belly of the plane and one set under each wing and the nose.

Airbus is evaluating a more conventional nose shape for the A350 XWB derived from that of the A380 as it continues to refine the twinjet's design. The manufacturer has also tweaked the fuselage ...

At 150 kts., the one million-plus-pound (560 tonnes) Airbus A380 lifts effortlessly into the air. The nose and main landing gear slowly retract as the airliner makes a lazy turn toward its next ...

In some cases—like with that enormous A380—aviators will crab the plane and then touch its rear wheels down as the aircraft is still askew, and then will bring the nose around straight.

It would have been an expensive visit to the panel beaters for Emirates of Dubai last week after one of its A380s was damaged when its front nose gear collapsed while being serviced.

The FINANCIAl -- Dubai, UAE, 29 May 2018- Emirates Engineering has successfully accomplished the first complete replacement of landing gear on A6-EDF, the first Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft to ...

Safran Landing Systems will provide the airline services for its A380 Nose Landing gear. Meanwhile, Honeywell will provide wheels and carbon brakes for 116 A380 aircraft.

An investigation is under way after one set of landing gear on an Emirates Airbus A380 failed to deploy properly before landing, forcing the world's largest airliner to touch down on its remaining ...