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Thai inspects the landing gear of its Airbus A330-300 fleet

Thai Airways International (Bangkok) has inspected its Airbus A330-300 fleet for possible issues involving the landing gear. According to the Bangkok Post, the airline had previously encountered problems with the Airbus A330-300 landing gear prior to the accident a week ago (September 8) involving HS-TEF. The nose wheel collapsed on landing at Bangkok and the aircraft veered off the runway.

According to Thai and this report, the accident involving HS-TEF, was due to “defective bogie beam on the aircraft’s landing gear.”

Read the full report from the Bangkok Post: CLICK HERE

Meanwhile Thai has removed its name and logo from the damaged HS-TEF.

Read the full report from The Guardian: CLICK HERE

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman/AirlinersGallery.com. Airbus A330-321 HS-TEF (msn 066) approaches the Bangkok hub prior to landing accident.

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Hong Kong Airlines introduces its first Airbus A330-300

Hong Kong A330-300 F-WWCY (B-LNM)(07)(Grd) TLS (YD)(LRW)

Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong) today (December 10) introduced its first Airbus A330-300 into revenue service on the Hong Kong-Beijing route per Airline Route.

Copyright Photo: Eurospot. The pictured Airbus A330-343X F-WWCY (msn 1358) became B-LNM when it was handed over on November 30.

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