Cargolux 747 Loses Part Of Gear During Emergency Landing

This incident speaks to the strength of engineering of the 747 and training-professionalism of the flight crew. I look forward to the investigation of the cause of the incident.

wow

In the video, it seems to be landing at a very high speed, but I am not sure whether this is a consequence of the previous incident or of the high landing weight, presumably just below the MLW. Alternatively, the speed and presumably hard landing may have caused the wheelset separation.

Oof. I think it's fair to say that this damage will *not* buff right out.

Are planes ever unable to deploy landing gear? Don't think I have seen an example of that happening?

I have been given to understand that a B747 is designed to be able to land with only the nose gear and any one set of the main gears (that is: nose + wing gears OR nose + body gears).

It happens. Just google belly landing. One of more notable events of this kind is LOT 767 in 2011. Check this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYTHznGPU6k

Would the fuel have been dumped over the land ??

Hypothetically, with the right conditions, i.e. 140 kts headwind, the 747 can land on an aircraft carrier.