Pittsburgh, Pa - Nose Gear Breaks On Plane At Airport

[ohiostorm]

PITTSBURGH -- An airplane's nose gear collapsed just after it left a gate at Pittsburgh International Airport on Thursday.

US Airways Flight 231, en route to West Palm Beach, Fla., was a few feet from the gate when the gear collapsed, according to airport spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny.

No injuries were reported.


The cause of the collapse is unknown. Passengers were moved to another plane, authorities said.

[Skywatch_NC]

Glad there were no injuries.

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Speaking of airplane gear breaking loose and falling off...a few weeks ago a flight was heading to land at RDU Intl. Airport in Raleigh and a piece of the braking gear came off over a neighborhood going through a house roof and into an attic.

[ohiostorm]

WOW!!! Was it US Airways?

[Skywatch_NC]

WOW!!! Was it US Airways?

May have been...but I honestly don't remember.

[Yankeegirl]

THere was a incident a few weeks back here in Houston, where a Continental jet had its left side tire gone... It had to cirlce the city for over an hour to burn off fuel before it landed... as they were taking a tour of Texas, it looked like a parade of emergency crews were flowing into the airport landing strip... It was crazy, and it was all caught on tape.... Everything ended up ok, the pilot landed that thing amazingly! You couldnt even tell it had no tire...

[Stephanie]

I would've wanted a refund and went back home.

[ohiostorm]

The same thing happened to an US Airways Express flight last week. Blew a tire on takeoff and had to circle and get rid of fuel then landed and blew another one. US Airwys needs to step up I think.