Breaking: Jet Blue emergency landing, Long Beach, CA (UPDATE: Plane Landed Safely)

KABC Channel 7, live broadcast

[eraser2005]

And CNN Headline News, MSNBC, and CNBC - plenty of choices for them to have watched themselves.

[eraser2005]

Not so dumb of a question, considering that they WERE able to watch themselves on TV, now, was it?

[smartin]

As my pilot friend used to say, "It's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, than in the air wishing you were on the ground!"

[Churchillspirit]

We here at Channel 4 now confirm there's at least one person in that Bronco!

Ah yes, those were the days of perceptive journalism.

Thanks for a good laugh.

[Mr. K]

Did they show the part where the passengers were issued fresh underwear?

[magellan]

I would tend to think that if the wheel is going to lock at any angle, +/- 90 degrees is probably safer than zero. At such an angle, the wheel will have basically no effect on the steering of the plane; a pilot will thus be able to keep the plane on the runway using the rudder and engines. By contrast, if the front wheel were locked "straight" ahead and the pilot's path wasn't quite straight down the runway, the locked front wheel would make it harder for the pilot to straighten out his course.

Perhaps. Especially at a low speed.

The ideal would be to have the wheels aligned with the flight path with a few degrees of free castoring play.

[Hatteras]

I found it interesting that the flare ups from the front gear occurred when the broken landing gear slid over the white stripes on the runway. I guess the next time, if they are worried about fire, they should keep the nose to one side or the other of the centerline.

[sheik yerbouty]

If it's French, it must be benched!

[lainie]

Yes! What a job he did. Fantastic.

[BurbankKarl]

ULL ALARM TO LAX:

On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at 1628 hours (4:28 p.m. PDT), twenty-four companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, one Assistant Chief Officer Command Team, five Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, four Battalion EMS Supervisors, twenty LAFD Rescue Ambulances, Heavy Rescue 56, two Urban Search and Rescue Teams, two LAFD Helicopters, one Los Angeles County Battalion Chief, one LA County Fire Company, two LA County Fire Boats, two Coast Guard Fire Boats, five private Ambulances, and other city and state agencies, under the direction of Deputy Chief Mario D. Rueda, were pre-deployed to Los Angeles International Airport in response to an in bound Jet Blue Aircraft with a nose gear problem. The Los Angeles Fire Department was informed that A Jet Blue Air Bus, with one hundred and forty-five passengers and crew-members had departed Bob Hope Airport in Burbank en route to JFK Airport in New York had discovered a problem with its landing gear. The pilot was directed to divert to Long Beach Airport for an emergency landing. On a low altitude fly-by at Long Beach Air Port, it was quickly ascertained by the tower that the nose gear of the aircraft was not properly in place for a routine landing. Due to the position of the nose gear at a 90-degree angle and the problem that may ensue upon landing, the aircraft was directed to land at LAX on Runway 25Left, the southern most runway. At approximately 6:17 p.m. PDT, with LAFD resources strategically place along the runway and staged at a near by fire station, Jet Blue Flight 292 landed safely on runway 25 left amid sparks, smoke, and flames from the burning tires. All of the passengers and crewmembers were safely evacuated from the aircraft and no injuries were reported. The cause of the malfunctioning nose gear is under investigation by LAX authorities, the NTSB, the FAA, and other investigative agencies.

[BushisTheMan]

Jet Blue - French plane, right?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

If you had READ my post for COMPREHENSION, you would would have UNDERSTOOD that I WROTE that his comments were of low class -- not necessarily "dumb" (presumably by that you mean not apropos). But that said, Larry King's commentary and questions are usually equally dumb and low class, in addition to being partisan and stupid. I hope this clears up your misunderstanding.

[mrbillxx]

True. dump fuel capability is not in many planes anymore. Easier and cheaper to just fly around. Dump fuel capability adds additional weight and complexity.

[RunningWolf]

Yes but I am sure there is a crossover line where fuel dump capability would be required. I am not current on the regs, stc's (and such right now), but for an extreme example, you would have to be able to dump fuel on 747-400.