A Qatari inventor has designed an apparatus to help aircraft land safely in the event of landing gear malfunction.
The Aircraft Swing, invented by Jassim Abdulla Al Khenji, is meant to reduce the risk to aircraft and those on board if the landing gear fails to deploy properly before landing. It is a movable runway designed for emergency landings that can also be used if the concrete runway is flooded or covered with thick snow.
“It is the ideal solution to prevent these disasters that can be very costly in terms of lives, and financially,” said Al Khenji.
The Aircraft Swing can serve all types of aircraft, with or without wheel malfunctions.
“Through my research, I have found other models that can serve in these scenarios, but they were too fictional and not very well thought through,” he said.
The swing is made of rows of wheels mounted on stands on either side of a pathway about 1.5 metres wide that can accommodate the nose wheel. It is long enough for the plane to land on and wide enough to hold the aircraft.
Read more: http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/cover-plus/229966-qatari-invention-safe-landing.html
man why didn't i think of that?? lol
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