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Extended normally. the force causes the plane to vibrate and yaw or pull to the right. a light in the cockpit to indicate the landing gear is down and locked does not illuminate. >> when the landing gear extends under normal system operation it's hydraulic and extends at a given rate very smoothly. in the case of united 173, what occurred is it fell out and fell at a very rapid rate and one of the other components of the landing gear also broke free and in so doing damaged the wiring that closes the switch that lights the light. >> captain mcbroom doesn't want to land until he's confident the ...

United flight 173 has been flying in a holding pattern near the portland oregon airport for more than an hour. the captain wants time to troubleshoot a possible landing gear problem but now, something far more urgent is on the horizon. >> portland tower, united 173, mayday, mayday, the engines are flaming out, we're going down. we're not going to be able to make the airport. >> the passengers are aware of the increasingly dire situation. >> the only lights on were reading lights and some people realized that something was wrong and yelled for us to get our heads down. >> the plane has run out ...