Originally Posted by fenstere
One detail that I seem to recall is that the back-up power, provided by the propeller dropped into the wind, is not sufficient to extend the flaps, so the landing was at very high speed, damaging the gear badly.
In fact, if you are around the National Air and Space Museum, you can take a look at the landing gear from the plane---
"..The donor landing gear was originally outfitted on an Airbus A330 airliner operated by Air Transat, a Canadian air charter company. On August 24, 2001, Air Transat flight 236 en route from Toronto to Lisbon suffered a severe loss of fuel and glided to an emergency landing at Lajes Airport in the Azores. The well-documented history of this flight was part of the attraction for the National Air and Space Museum, which houses many of the world’s premier aerospace artifacts..."
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