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EMIRATES A380 INCIDENT EGCC 12 NOV 10
« on: November 15, 2010, 03:54:32 PM »
Manchester Airport 1210 utc ,A380 EMIRATES' 17 ,553 PEOPLE ON BOARD.
Emergency declared for a failure of the Nose wheel steering.

Aircraft landed safely and followed by Operations managers car containing Emirates' Engineers to carry out observations.
Airport fire service to follow out of sight of Customers on board to stand.'
Paramedics on 'local standby'.
This incident was not reported in the media.



Note:- There are ongoing problems with the Main gear steering system on A380's.