[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Located near the right main landing gear door, the gouge was 9cm long and penetrated all the way through the thermal shielding on the shuttle's belly.
The branch said: "During the short ground roll, the right main landing gear separated from the wing and the left main landing gear was pushed up through the wing root.
The right main landing gear col-lapsed on touchdown at Liverpool, with witnesses at the airport describing seeing a puff of smoke from the tyres and hearing a bang at the time.
The right main landing gear collapsed on touchdown at Liverpool, with witnesses at the airport describing seeing a puff of smoke from the tyres and hearing a bang at the time of touchdown.