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Old Jul 10, 2010 | 3:31 pm
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It means that the brakes got hot. The gear is left down to cool them off, as a wheel retraction before they cool has a risk of starting a wheel well fire. In the Airbus, there's a brake overtemperature indicator in the cockpit.
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