Spectacular Landing
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Spectacular Landing
Just in case anyone missed the Jet Blue flight 292 landing last night, here's a link:
http://media.putfile.com/bluejet-1
For those of you that may not have heard about it:
The aircraft was a LA to NY bound flight. The front landing gear would not retract so they had to make an emergency landing at LAX. The landing gear somehow got stuck turned 90 degrees. They had to fly around for 3 hours to burn fuel off before making an attempt to land. The pilot did a spectacular job at landing the aircraft! From what I understand they moved both people and luggage towards the back of the plane to get as much weight off the front of the nose. Thankfully, nobody got hurt.. I was on the edge of my seat watching the footage last night. That gets a big
to the pilot!
http://media.putfile.com/bluejet-1
For those of you that may not have heard about it:
The aircraft was a LA to NY bound flight. The front landing gear would not retract so they had to make an emergency landing at LAX. The landing gear somehow got stuck turned 90 degrees. They had to fly around for 3 hours to burn fuel off before making an attempt to land. The pilot did a spectacular job at landing the aircraft! From what I understand they moved both people and luggage towards the back of the plane to get as much weight off the front of the nose. Thankfully, nobody got hurt.. I was on the edge of my seat watching the footage last night. That gets a big
to the pilot!
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I watched it too. I fully expected the nose gear to fold back under and the nose of the plane hit the runway but I was amazed that it didn't. That says a lot for Airbus's jets.
My hat off to the pilots of that plane!
My hat off to the pilots of that plane!
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Look how gently he put the nose down, try perfect.
Did you guys also hear that the passengers were watching the situation on direct TV while they were circling. Not during the actual landing of course. I think I would rather not know, well at least not three hours of pictures.
Did you guys also hear that the passengers were watching the situation on direct TV while they were circling. Not during the actual landing of course. I think I would rather not know, well at least not three hours of pictures.
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That pilot proved yet again that it's a job of extreme grace under pressure and finese. And I believe I would've been better off with the Louis L'Amour on my knee and the Merle Haggard on the headphones. I would NOT want to see all the hoop-la on the tube about my own flight.
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Originally Posted by Trigger
Look how gently he put the nose down, try perfect...
In this situation (safe, picture-perfect landing, no injuries), you gotta love a smarta** pilot!
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I watched it live here, pretty impressive. The thing I was concerned with is that I believe those wheels are still magnesium, which is flammable, and combined with rubber makes up two of the main ingredients in solid rocket boosters. It's a good thing that the gear didn't just fold up, since aluminum powder is another part of the mix. Could have been really nasty.
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That has happened before on the same model. Airbus said that they designed the plane to still make a safe landing with nosegear problems.
This isn't as big of deal as the media makes it out to be. It happens a lot more than you think.
Mike
This isn't as big of deal as the media makes it out to be. It happens a lot more than you think.
Mike
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Originally Posted by ddrumman2004
I watched it too. I fully expected the nose gear to fold back under and the nose of the plane hit the runway but I was amazed that it didn't. That says a lot for Airbus's jets.
My hat off to the pilots of that plane!
My hat off to the pilots of that plane!
What I have to say about the airbus planes isn't as flattering.
This isn't the first time this has happened. Last I heard there've been 5 or 6 incidents with this model.
This model can also loose the tail simply from pilot control input as evidenced by the crash in Queens NY after 9-11-01. The rudder separated from the plane because the pilot overcompnesated rudder input in the wake turbulence of another plane. I want the pilot to be able to input full left and right rudder and NOT have parts fall of the D*** plane!!
This model doesn't have a fuel jettison system. Therefore the plane had to circle for 3 hours to burn off fuel before attempting this. Seems that there are safety arguments that can be made for having a fuel dump system onboard.
The more I learn about these planes the less I want to fly in them. Also the fact that it's built by a conglomeration of european countries doesn't give me any warm fuzzies.