Yet another Bombardier CRJ landed with one side of its main landing gear retracted yesterday. The SkyWest CRJ200, operating in partnership with AirTran as Flight 3074 from Omaha, Neb., made an emergency landing at Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport at about 5:10 p.m. local time with only its right main and nose gear extended. All 36 passengers and three crewmembers deplaned safely through the main cabin door.
The incident might have proved fairly unremarkable if not for the fact that just three days earlier, on September 25, an emergency landing at New York’s JFK International Airport by an Atlantic Southeast Airlines Bombardier CRJ900 had already raised concerns from authorities about the frequency of landing gear failures on the Canadian manufacturer’s ubiquitous regional jet line. Carrying 60 passengers and three crew, Delta Connection Flight 4951, originating from Atlanta and scheduled to land in White Plains, N.Y., diverted to JFK when the airplane’s right main landing gear failed to extend. The pilots landed at JFK at about 8 p.m. on only the left main and front landing gear while the right wing tip generated a trail of sparks as it dragged along the runway.
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