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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: frankjr
Me too frank. I worry every time.
Lord have mercy.
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posted on
09/21/2005 4:57:12 PM PDT
by
onyx
((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: kingu
242
posted on
09/21/2005 4:57:21 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: NormsRevenge
Hugh just mentioned the non-fuel dump.
And he just said that Jet Blue has DirecTV ON BOARD........so the passergers are watching this on the news.
To: HKMk23
---The guy KABC in Los Angeles is interviewing ("John" Regional Safety Director, Airline Pilots Assn.) has flown the A319 and A320 and claims no fuel dump capability.---
so they're trying to fly fuel off?
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posted on
09/21/2005 4:57:33 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: kingu
245
posted on
09/21/2005 4:57:43 PM PDT
by
Black Tooth
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: frankjr
I gave up flying forever after 9/11. Hated it before, needed lots of xanax. Glad I don't have that worry anymore.
To: al baby
LAX tower freqs
LAX_TWR shall use 120.95 as it's normal frequency, if not split.
LAX_N_TWR shall use frequency 133.9
LAX_S_TWR shall use frequency 120.95
247
posted on
09/21/2005 4:58:04 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: HKMk23
248
posted on
09/21/2005 4:58:15 PM PDT
by
mhking
(The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
To: TomGuy
oh, MY. that's crooked landing gear, okay.
yikes!
249
posted on
09/21/2005 4:58:30 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: HairOfTheDog
AP is usually wrong, that;s for sure.
Here we go -- briefing the passengers.
OMG, those poor scared people.
250
posted on
09/21/2005 4:58:30 PM PDT
by
onyx
((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
To: OXENinFLA
Oh God. What torture for the passengers.
251
posted on
09/21/2005 4:58:41 PM PDT
by
bonfire
(dwindler)
To: BurbankKarl; Jim Robinson
FreeRepublic breaks another news event...
252
posted on
09/21/2005 4:58:41 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: smonk
fox said destined for kennedy . . . go figure. Amsterdam to landing weight, Kennedy to almost nothing -- either way they've got a lot of fuel to dump. It's likely to be a while...
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posted on
09/21/2005 4:58:43 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity! || Iran Azadi)
To: Die_Hard Conservative Lady; NormsRevenge; BurbankKarl
They are going out to sea to dump the fuel and make a landing attempt...Well, Airbus is a French designed fly by wire aircraft and has NO PROVISION to dump fuel, so they are going to fly low and burn off fuel...saying that may take 3 hours....
To: onyx
There's around 145 passengers onboard
To: OXENinFLA
MSNBC just said "experts" say this has a very high probability of landing OK (relatively speaking). The front gear will snap off, but it should not be a tragedy.
Keeping fingers crossed.
256
posted on
09/21/2005 4:59:06 PM PDT
by
frankjr
To: onyx
Flying around in circles dumping fuel, but Shep said airbuses can't dump fuel!I heard that also. If they can't dump it, they have to burn it. It's weight and it's a potential fire hazard. I suppose that they can rev up some thrust while resisting with the flaps and such to burn off fuel more quickly, but I'm only guessing here.
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posted on
09/21/2005 4:59:12 PM PDT
by
meyer
(The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
To: hole_n_one
Thanks for your close-ups. You're a real pro at finding these "as it happens" images.
258
posted on
09/21/2005 4:59:24 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Just west of DFW Airport. We can take in four or five and two dogs.)
To: All
Sorry everbody, I was having one of those airhead moments. D'oh!!! I wish them the best.
To: smonk
No, Value jet became Airtran I believe. Jet Blue is a new airline that I read somewhere that Soros is a major backer. Nevertheless, prayers for all involved and for a safe landing.
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posted on
09/21/2005 4:59:33 PM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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