ACT A300's gear collapse traced to undetected fatigue

ACT A300

​French investigators have determined that fatigue cracking in the undercarriage of an ACT Airlines Airbus A300B4 freighter caused the left main landing-gear to collapse after touchdown in Afghanistan.

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