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Old 11-13-2019 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Duffman
The way I understand it is that the landing gear snapped, which is what caused the sudden runway excursion.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11...-airport-snow/

From the video it looked like they were holding it pretty straight on the runway (and I'm assuming on centerline) until the gear broke.
More likely to collapse than "snap".

Which gear failed? It looks like the right?

A right gear failure would not cause an excursion off the left side of the runway. Maybe the gear collapsed after they went into the weeds.
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