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Breaking: Jet Blue emergency landing, Long Beach, CA (UPDATE: Plane Landed Safely)
KABC Channel 7, live broadcast

Posted on 09/21/2005 4:21:43 PM PDT by kingu

A Jet Blue aircraft just did a low altitude flyby of Long Beach airport after reporting some concern with their forward gear. The television helicopter caught an image of it - the gear is turned sideways and tilted.

Aircraft is heading out towards the ocean to drop fuel, will turn around, and attempt a 'soft field' landing, keeping the nose up as long as possible.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: a320; airbus; airbust; airlines; bur; burbank; california; canyonblue; flight292; jetblue; landinggear; lax; lgb; longbeach; losangeles; messierdowty; prayers; safelanding; scarebus; socal
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To: Petronski

Please pray for all on board.


201 posted on 09/21/2005 4:52:14 PM PDT by Guenevere (God bless our military!...and God bless the President of the United States!)
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To: TomGuy

Those wheels don't look good


202 posted on 09/21/2005 4:52:15 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: kingu
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203 posted on 09/21/2005 4:52:40 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Mo1

http://www4.passur.com/lax.html


204 posted on 09/21/2005 4:52:44 PM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: newzjunkey

some confusion...actually flight from Burbank to JFK...nose gear would not retract after takeoff...did low level fly over Burbank tower...confirmed problem...flew out over ocean to dump fuel. Reporters making the understandable connection to Long Beach airport since JetBlue has been using that airport for years while they just started service to Burbank a few weeks ago.


205 posted on 09/21/2005 4:52:45 PM PDT by Cousin Eddie
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To: mylife

I wonder if they have those big Oshkosh crash trucks at LAX?


206 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:05 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Petronski

How could they possible omit a fuel-dump capability?

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Good question.


207 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:05 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: smonk; Canticle_of_Deborah

Nah, if memory serves ValueJet is Airtran now. I seem to recall that was one of those merge-to-buy-a-new-name kind of buyouts. JetBlue's a different animal.


208 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:05 PM PDT by FinallyBackInNH
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To: mylife

I'm guessing they have more room/longer runway for this at LAX...just in case.


209 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:10 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: kingu

VIDEO of FOX coverage:

http://thepoliticalteen.net/2005/09/21/jetblue/


210 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:12 PM PDT by ianschwartz
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To: NormsRevenge

whats the freq for long beach tower ?


211 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:12 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: bonfire
PRAY NOW!!

I am

212 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:23 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: TomGuy

Oh that is not good....


213 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:35 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: kingu

The coverage of this is pretty amazing. Prayers for all aboard.


214 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:36 PM PDT by ladyinred (It is all my fault okay?)
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To: TomGuy


Lord have mercy.


215 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:46 PM PDT by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: NormsRevenge; kingu

News reports are saying it came out of Burbank???

Guess I should get my camera loaded, if it comes back to land at Long Beach.


216 posted on 09/21/2005 4:53:55 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (History is soon Forgotten,)
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To: Mo1

ironic. french landing gear can't tell forward from sideways.


217 posted on 09/21/2005 4:54:03 PM PDT by smonk
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To: onyx
Nose up?

Yep, as long as they can maintain that attitude. When the nose comes down, the front gear will probably snap off. Hopefully, they will have scrubbed off enough speed by then and will still be able to steer with engines and rear-wheel brakes.

It would be wise to get as much weight to the rear as possible, I would think. I don't know if there's access to the luggage compartment or not, but I'd be there stacking and securing that stuff to the rear.

218 posted on 09/21/2005 4:54:05 PM PDT by meyer (The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
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To: onyx

Lemme ping what I got, courtesy of calcowgirl


219 posted on 09/21/2005 4:54:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach


Flying around in circles dumping fuel, but Shep said airbuses can't dump fuel!


220 posted on 09/21/2005 4:54:31 PM PDT by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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