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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: ianschwartz
I'm not an expert .. but I think just incase they have to make a crash landing .. that the plane won't explode as bad with a full tank ... this plane was traveling from CA to NY

I was on a flight from Stl to Birmingham Al back in the 70's and the pilot didn't know if our landing gear was down and if it was if it was locked, so they circled the airport and dumped all the fuel, then went in. The runway was 'foamed' and emergency vehicles paralleled us down the runway. There were a lot of prayers said. Luckily it was a malfunctioning light.

541 posted on 09/21/2005 5:29:32 PM PDT by SCALEMAN (Pelosi is as empty as an Amish Phone Directory)
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To: Serb5150

5-10 min they ~say~


542 posted on 09/21/2005 5:29:38 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: moonpie57

25 f boy i hope not they dont have a 25 f


543 posted on 09/21/2005 5:29:43 PM PDT by al baby (Father of the beeber)
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To: eternity

The hospital, what is it ?


544 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:02 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: kcar

Very true. We could be nuked and FOX will cut away to an ad.


545 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:07 PM PDT by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: Serb5150
--How much longer until touchdown?---

according to our first information -- 5 minutes ago.

546 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:10 PM PDT by smonk
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To: Guenevere; kstewskis


I am. So's Kstewskis.


547 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:14 PM PDT by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: kingu

Fox's Shepard Smith pointed out that the Frog airplane, a 300A Airbus, cannot dump fuel. It has no doubt flown around to consume fuel to lessen the danger of fire when a "soft" landing is attempted.

Such landings are often pulled off without injuring anyone aboard. Let us pray that this is such a landing.


548 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:15 PM PDT by R.W.Ratikal
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To: Guenevere

Yes maam! And--ps--pray for my old home of Roseville MN--tornado sighted!


549 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:23 PM PDT by milagro
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To: kingu

Fox's Shepard Smith pointed out that the Frog airplane, a 300A Airbus, cannot dump fuel. It has no doubt flown around to consume fuel to lessen the danger of fire when a "soft" landing is attempted.

Such landings are often pulled off without injuring anyone aboard. Let us pray that this is such a landing.


550 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:37 PM PDT by R.W.Ratikal
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To: ChadGore

It's a big building where sick people get better, but that's not important now...


551 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:37 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Guenevere

Let's make the prays a mass conscience thing.


552 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:37 PM PDT by eternity (What's it all about...Alfie?)
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To: HairOfTheDog
I can't help thinking of Leslie Nielsen sticking his head in the cockpit now and saying,

"I just want to wish you both good luck, we're all counting on you."

553 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:40 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: coloradan
The airplane made the landing and the gear stayed cockeyed like it is now, it ground down thru the wheel halves to the axle and then some. As I remember the pilots were not even aware of the situation till the plane touched down, so there was no foam or anything. No one got hurt
554 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:47 PM PDT by RunningWolf (U.S. Army Veteran.....75-78)
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To: coloradan
The airplane made the landing and the gear stayed cockeyed like it is now, it ground down thru the wheel halves to the axle and then some. As I remember the pilots were not even aware of the situation till the plane touched down, so there was no foam or anything. No one got hurt
555 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:47 PM PDT by RunningWolf (U.S. Army Veteran.....75-78)
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To: kingu

FoxNews has really dropped the ball on this.

MSNBC is showing full coverage, no breaks for commercials.

CNN is showing full coverage with commercial breaks.

FoxNews does now have a side window showing the plane, but O'Reilly is interviewing Trump.


556 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:57 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: bonfire

I don't think Shep would be able to handle this one. Insufficient IQ.


557 posted on 09/21/2005 5:30:59 PM PDT by sullivan-fan
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To: All
 

PRAY!

558 posted on 09/21/2005 5:31:00 PM PDT by PilloryHillary
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To: Ken H

Heh - yeah.


559 posted on 09/21/2005 5:31:05 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: kingu

Fox's Shepard Smith pointed out that the Frog airplane, a 300A Airbus, cannot dump fuel. It has no doubt flown around to consume fuel to lessen the danger of fire when a "soft" landing is attempted.

Such landings are often pulled off without injuring anyone aboard. Let us pray that this is such a landing.


560 posted on 09/21/2005 5:31:05 PM PDT by R.W.Ratikal
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