The Region : Landing Gear on Jet Fails

Part of the landing gear on the right side of a Mexicana Airlines jumbo jet collapsed as the plane was being towed away from a boarding terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, but none of the 315 passengers or 14 crew members was injured as the jetliner slumped to the pavement. The passengers on Flight 123, a DC-10 bound for Guadalajara and Mexico City, were reboarded on other flights, airport spokesmen said. The slowly moving plane listed sharply to the right and the right strut gouged into the pavement when the landing gear failed, officials said. The cause of the mishap was not immediately determined.