(Sienna)Three green lights.That was all I needed.I didn't have them."Manual override non-responsive," Daan said. His voice was even. Good man."Confirm gear position unknown," I said. "Declaring emergency. KL approach, Hartwell cargo niner-four, we have a landing gear malfunction, requesting emergency services on standby, runway 32R."ATC came back immediately. Cleared. Services mobilising. Runway being held.I ran through the options in the time it took to draw one controlled breath.Option one, divert again. To where, with what fuel margin, with a hydraulic system already behaving in ways that suggested the problem was deeper than the gear?Option two, circle and burn fuel for a belly landing with maximum margin.Or option three, commit to the approach now, with the runway ahead and emergency services already rolling, and put this aircraft down on my terms before something else decided to fail."We're going in," I said. "Belly landing. Full emergency checklist."Daan was already
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