Plane in trouble
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Plane in trouble
Check out the news. There is a plane that has nose gear problems and is burning off fuel be fore it lands. Hope everything turns out OK. I'm watching it on ABC news but hear it's on all the majior news channels.
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What a pain that would've been. They had the fuel to fly to their destination but could not retract their gear. A jet has to retract it's gear to fly at the speed it normally flys at (that's why the Concorde crashed). So, they stay there and circle until the fuel load is light. Bet they didn't serve any drinks on that flight.
Good job by the pilots landing her. Very smooth.
Good job by the pilots landing her. Very smooth.
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I waited for 1/2 hours putting around the house to see if they blew up on landing. Mrs flip and I are going to fly to atlanta end of Oct. She's never flown so she was scared for the people. Quite releved they where ok.
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The thing you have to remember as well is that when you fly on a Jet blue airliner, you have DirectTV at each seat, so many of the passengers were watching their plane in trouble on TV. 
It was surprising the nose gear did not shear off as on most aircraft its designed to shear off under stress. I'm just glad it was not one of the main landing gear, and then it would have been a disaster.
It was surprising the nose gear did not shear off as on most aircraft its designed to shear off under stress. I'm just glad it was not one of the main landing gear, and then it would have been a disaster.
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I seen that tonight on the news, one of the pasengers complimented that the pilot landed the plane smoother than some other flights he has been on that the landing gear was pointed straight!! Not sure if I would have been very calm on that flight!
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The commerical pilots are trained to "plant" the plane on the ground. A smooth landing isn't a great landing for the jets for a number of reasons. You want to minimize the transition period from flying to being grounded. Obviously, they didn't want to do that on this landing. As scary as it may have been, they never were in any real danger.
Most pilots are judged by their landings. It's great when you can grease one in, but sometimes, you need to thunk it down so the wind doesn't blow you off the runway.
Most pilots are judged by their landings. It's great when you can grease one in, but sometimes, you need to thunk it down so the wind doesn't blow you off the runway.
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I'm not a pilot, but noticed that the front tires looked to be perpendicular with the runway. If the tires had locked at a 45 deg. angle, could the pilots have made the same straight landing? The way it was, it didn't look like they had much problem keeping it staight.
(Just want to know, in case I ever decide to fly a jet and the same thing happens.)
(Just want to know, in case I ever decide to fly a jet and the same thing happens.)