US investigators have been scrutinising shimmy damper mechanisms from a Red Air Boeing MD-82 which suffered a main landing-gear collapse and runway excursion after touching down at Miami.

Airport officials said the landing gear of Red Air Flight 203, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82, collapsed when the airplane landed at about 5:30 p.m. with 126 people on board.

Spanish investigators have disclosed that the Spanair Boeing MD-82 which crashed on departure from Madrid Barajas last week descended and struck the ground tail-first while struggling to climb ...