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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
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Free Republic today is SCOOPING all of the news channels. Wow
To: Central Scrutiniser
I'm just joshin' ya. I prefer Boeing aircraft myself, but I've flown a couple of Airbuses out of San Juan.
I understand this is the second time this "twisted forward gear" has happened on the 320.
Would this have anything to do with the C-checks being done in El Salvador?
482
posted on
09/21/2005 5:22:41 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
(Just west of DFW Airport. We can take in four or five and two dogs.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Touchdown, something the Minnesota Vikings would like a few of this year. :-\
483
posted on
09/21/2005 5:22:43 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
To: uncitizen
No pilots union at Jet Blue, all the planes are pretty new, fleet of A320 and EMB 190 planes.
To: kingu
It's showing non stop on MSNBC right now.
485
posted on
09/21/2005 5:22:55 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(PRAY FOR THE HURRICANE VICTIMS AND RESCUE WORKERS!)
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To: Guenevere
You are right they are preparing for a crash landing. Had friends in a similar situation in SF ten years ago. My friend said the looks on the flight attendants told them everything. Their entire family except the small children were on that plane. They landed safely.
487
posted on
09/21/2005 5:23:18 PM PDT
by
del4hope
(Freedom of the Press is not a license to manipulate the public)
To: tscislaw
The tires are sideways and upon contact with the runway, the tire will peel away from the rim. Some months back there was a pic of an A320 with the same problem that landed somewhere (can't remember). It was on the-mechanic.com. Supposedly a key or pin wasn't installed correctly and the wheels ended up 90 degrees out.
Peeled the tires, ate the wheels (or most of them) and ended up fine (in that case).
To: tscislaw
"I'm gonna bet that the tires will blow first."
You could be right. Because the nose gear has to be able to rotate freely for getting towed, I would suspect this was caused by a break in the linkage that locks the nose gear forward for taxiing. If that linkage is broken, than the gear can probably swivel freely. The question will be whether or not the tires will hang on to allow the gear to pivot correctly before they peel off the wheels.
489
posted on
09/21/2005 5:23:30 PM PDT
by
Rokke
To: onyx
---Thank you CS. "bout time you showed up to straighten us out.---
heh. put him to work at the langing gear. then I'll be impressed.
490
posted on
09/21/2005 5:23:34 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: BurbankKarl
This'll be smooth, nose down, straight ahead, full stop.
491
posted on
09/21/2005 5:23:42 PM PDT
by
Black Tooth
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: agrace
and the passengers' families, too....no doubt watching.
To: onyx
---Thank you CS. "bout time you showed up to straighten us out.---
heh. put him to work at the landing gear. then I'll be impressed.
493
posted on
09/21/2005 5:23:51 PM PDT
by
smonk
To: sinkspur
I understand this is the second time this "twisted forward gear" has happened on the 320. What happened last time?
494
posted on
09/21/2005 5:23:55 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: Pukin Dog
495
posted on
09/21/2005 5:24:04 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
To: DuncanWaring
496
posted on
09/21/2005 5:24:07 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: agrace
I have to hand it to MSNBC (as pigs fly by my window), they are assuming the passengers are watching on their DirecTV and whoever is talking now is assuring the passengers directly that there is a very high probability that they will be on the ground safely very soon.LOL, I noticed the same thing. Prayers for all on board and for the pilots.
To: agrace
Yeah, they've been doing that periodically for any family members listening
498
posted on
09/21/2005 5:24:08 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: HairOfTheDog
I'm not solving the case. Only raising a question which is a legitimate one in this time of terrorism.
To: mylife
It wont snap, it will grind the wheel halves off down too, and half way thru the axle.
500
posted on
09/21/2005 5:24:12 PM PDT
by
RunningWolf
(U.S. Army Veteran.....75-78)
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