The Landing Gear is controlled by the Landing Gear lever which can only be in the UP or DN position; there is no OFF position. On the ground, the lever is held in the DN position by an automatic lever lock which can be manually overridden by the Lock OVRD switch.

When the Landing Gear lever is moved to UP, the Landing Gear doors open and the main gear wheels tilt to the retract position. During retraction, the EICAS displays a white crosshatch in-transit indication. After retraction, the hydraulic pressure is removed and the Landing Gear are held by uplocks. The EICAS landing gear position indication displays UP for 10 seconds.

When the Landing Gear lever is moved to DN, the landing gear doors open and the gear are unlocked. During extension:

• EICAS displays white crosshatch in-transit indication
• Gear free-fall to the down and locked position
• Downlocks move hydraulically to locked position Hydraulically actuated gear doors close
• Main gear trucks tilt to flight position

When all gears are down and locked, the EICAS gear position indication displays DOWN.