The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports flight‑data recorder evidence indicates the WestJet Boeing 737‑800 that suffered a right main‑landing‑gear collapse at Sint Maarten did not experience a hard landing. Investigators are concentrating on a fractured trunnion pin and associated gear failure as the likely cause.
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Flight‑data recorder analysis now points away from a hard landing and toward mechanical failure — investigators are examining a fractured trunnion pin as the probable immediate cause of the right main‑gear collapse; see earlier coverage of the WestJet incident at Sint Maarten.
The shift from operational factors to a component‑level failure aligns this event with growing regulatory attention to landing‑gear attachments, including the NTSB's recent urgent inspection recommendation for Learjet main landing gear.
The probe's conclusions will be central to any subsequent airworthiness actions, inspection requirements or maintenance advisories that could affect operators and MRO workflows for 737‑800/NG fleets.
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