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Re:Flight AC837 on an Emergency Call by Rooster61 on Monday February 03, 2020 @12:27PM (#22226425)
I'm not involved with the airline industry in any way, but I would think that since landing gear is a highly mechanical, moving piece with plenty of failure points, airliners are probably designed with a margin of error to withstand gearless landings without loss of life.
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Re:Flight AC837 on an Emergency Call by chungus_khan on Monday February 03, 2020 @01:02PM (#22226946)
This is absolutely the case. Both in cases where the gear is semi-functional, and when it is not functional at all. For reference, here is what a belly landing looks like on a 767:

https://youtu.be/UC8ySY_GlUk

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