landing gear
noun
: the part that supports the weight of an airplane or spacecraft when in contact with the land or water
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In January, the bodies of two Dominican teenagers were found inside the landing gear of a JetBlue passenger plane in Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, are investigating the death of a stowaway found Sunday morning inside the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Charlotte police are investigating the death of a stowaway found inside the landing gear of an American Airline plane at Charlotte Douglas Airport that recently arrived from Europe.
—Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
In July 2021, a stowaway died after falling from a Kenya Airways flight upon landing in London and in November 2021, a man survived a flight from Guatemala to Miami in the landing gear but was hospitalized in critical condition.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, are investigating the death of a stowaway found Sunday morning inside the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Charlotte police are investigating the death of a stowaway found inside the landing gear of an American Airline plane at Charlotte Douglas Airport that recently arrived from Europe.
—Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2025
In July 2021, a stowaway died after falling from a Kenya Airways flight upon landing in London and in November 2021, a man survived a flight from Guatemala to Miami in the landing gear but was hospitalized in critical condition.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Landing gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20gear. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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