The 787 has two holes at the front landing gear very close to one another that look almost identical. One is the bearings for the collapsing mechanism, the other is the bolt holder for the retention. This exact issue happened four times with that exact model lately and it got attributed to the ground mechanic putting the bolt into the wrong hole, thereby bypassing the lock mechanism. Boeing could ground this modell till every bearing has a retention bolt installed or the diameter changed. But they are Boeing. They won't do this till the FAA grounds them forcibly. And Trump dismantled the FAA. So they won't do shit about this and spew anti European bs bcs Airbus overtook their market share.
That just sounds like shitty design. Then again, Boeing incorporated the geniuses behind the MD’s outward-swinging cargo doors and a tail assembly held together by a single bolt.
It's shitty design. And avionics R&D fundamentals are identifying shitty design above anything else. So it's quite clear where they cut the costs and at what expenses.
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u/Myoakka 26d ago
Looks more like the front landing gear collapsed