Breaking: Jet Blue making ER landing without gear.......
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dixiebreeze
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Breaking: Jet Blue making ER landing without gear.......
in Los Angeles. 140 folks plus crew aboard -- just a note to let everyone know. Front landing gear is twisted and extended and won't retract. Trying for a "soft" landing.
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Re: Breaking: Jet Blue making ER landing without gear.......
dixiebreeze wrote:in Los Angeles. 140 folks plus crew aboard -- just a note to let everyone know. Front landing gear is twisted and extended and won't retract. Trying for a "soft" landing.
Are you aware of an off-topic forum? I don't want to sound insensitive but this is a forum for tropical weather and we have a pretty big hurricane heading for Texas.
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no offense, but lighten up a bit there Thunder 
the title itself shows this is off-topic but if i hadn't seen the post here i wouldn't have known to turn on the tube to watch this happen (and as a pilot i find it interesting). Of course this forum is about the hurricane happening...but this Jet Blue story will be resolved in the next 5 minutes and then this post will slide off into obscurity
the title itself shows this is off-topic but if i hadn't seen the post here i wouldn't have known to turn on the tube to watch this happen (and as a pilot i find it interesting). Of course this forum is about the hurricane happening...but this Jet Blue story will be resolved in the next 5 minutes and then this post will slide off into obscurity
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Re: Breaking: Jet Blue making ER landing without gear.......
Thunder44 wrote:dixiebreeze wrote:in Los Angeles. 140 folks plus crew aboard -- just a note to let everyone know. Front landing gear is twisted and extended and won't retract. Trying for a "soft" landing.
Are you aware of an off-topic forum? I don't want to sound insensitive but this is a forum for tropical weather and we have a pretty big hurricane heading for Texas.
ok, but think its important. on cnn, watch it land on one gear.
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Andy_L wrote:no offense, but lighten up a bit there Thunder
It's more media hype than anything else. It will probably be a safe landing.
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Thunder44 wrote:Andy_L wrote:no offense, but lighten up a bit there Thunder
It's more media hype than anything else. It will probably be a safe landing.
Of course its Media hype...this SHOULD be resolved without major incident. but telling the poster (who is a VERY regular poster here and knows all the other forums) that she is outa line to post that here is wrong. You read the title BEFORE you clicked...you chose to read it knowing it was off-topic
cheers
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HypeThunder44 wrote:Andy_L wrote:no offense, but lighten up a bit there Thunder
It's more media hype than anything else. It will probably be a safe landing.
the landing gear is turned sideways?? That is far from safe.. I agree this isn't off topic but have some compasion.
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Should be OK.....
I work for an aircraft manufacturer - we've seen an aircraft do this before, most pilots have the experience and skill to bring it in safely...They'll land as light as possible, on the main gear, nose up high, then literally slow the airplane down until the nose drops to the surface with minimal forward motion. What you worry about is tire debris and nose gear components dislodging once the nose gear hits and doing damage to the wing, which is where the fuel tank (hopefully empty) is. There's nothing that should be flammable in the nose section (even hydraulic fluid has flammability requirements).
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