Narrative:

After lowering the gear, the right main gear did not show any green lights. We recycled the gear and got the same indication. We informed ccs tower of our intentions to go around and requested that they look at our gear. The tower controller responded by saying, 'roger, cleared to land.' so on the first pass, we were unable to communicate our intentions to the tower due to a substantial language problem. I found the approach controller to be much better and he relayed to tower. After recycling the gear twice, we followed the altitude gear extension checklist and still got no down indication (the light bulbs tested ok). We declared an emergency, called for the fire trucks, and briefed the flight attendants. On the second pass, tower told us that the gear was down. After insuring that everybody was ready, we landed uneventfully. After clearing the runway, I parked the aircraft for maintenance to inspect gear before further taxi. After a few mins, the right main green lights came on by itself and we taxied to the gate. Supplemental information from acn 340659: the tower controller in miq was at best a nuisance, at worst dangerous. The communication gap was huge. She responded to our requests for assistance by clearing us to land. Her english was unintelligible and her understanding of english was virtually nil.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B757 CREW HAD NO R MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATION. EMER DECLARED. LANGUAGE BARRIER. FOREIGN AIRSPACE. ACFT EQUIP PROB R MAIN GEAR DOWN INDICATION WHICH FIXED ITSELF ON THE GND.

Narrative: AFTER LOWERING THE GEAR, THE R MAIN GEAR DID NOT SHOW ANY GREEN LIGHTS. WE RECYCLED THE GEAR AND GOT THE SAME INDICATION. WE INFORMED CCS TWR OF OUR INTENTIONS TO GAR AND REQUESTED THAT THEY LOOK AT OUR GEAR. THE TWR CTLR RESPONDED BY SAYING, 'ROGER, CLRED TO LAND.' SO ON THE FIRST PASS, WE WERE UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE OUR INTENTIONS TO THE TWR DUE TO A SUBSTANTIAL LANGUAGE PROB. I FOUND THE APCH CTLR TO BE MUCH BETTER AND HE RELAYED TO TWR. AFTER RECYCLING THE GEAR TWICE, WE FOLLOWED THE ALT GEAR EXTENSION CHKLIST AND STILL GOT NO DOWN INDICATION (THE LIGHT BULBS TESTED OK). WE DECLARED AN EMER, CALLED FOR THE FIRE TRUCKS, AND BRIEFED THE FLT ATTENDANTS. ON THE SECOND PASS, TWR TOLD US THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. AFTER INSURING THAT EVERYBODY WAS READY, WE LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. AFTER CLRING THE RWY, I PARKED THE ACFT FOR MAINT TO INSPECT GEAR BEFORE FURTHER TAXI. AFTER A FEW MINS, THE R MAIN GREEN LIGHTS CAME ON BY ITSELF AND WE TAXIED TO THE GATE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 340659: THE TWR CTLR IN MIQ WAS AT BEST A NUISANCE, AT WORST DANGEROUS. THE COM GAP WAS HUGE. SHE RESPONDED TO OUR REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE BY CLRING US TO LAND. HER ENGLISH WAS UNINTELLIGIBLE AND HER UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH WAS VIRTUALLY NIL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.