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.
fox screwed up katrina, too. I hope this isn't the beginning of a pattern of decline.
860.7625 is breaking here. Wished I had an alternate.
Airbus saved lots weight and money on their main landing gear design
In short - they took a big short cut
That compromised design puts severe loads and stress on the main landing gear and the tires
I was sent an email with photographs of an Airbus last week from a Honeywell engineer/pilot in Florida - He will not fly on any Airbus aircraft himself
I will not attempt to describe what the landing gear on that Airbus looked like
But it was not like a Boeing landing gear would look
Let's see if some of the pilots on FR comment on this - and how many say the landing gear design is just peachy keen
Let's see if Free Republic beats the MSM on this
Getting close to 5:25 now
At least we are not dealing with composite shear strength (lack of) now
Redundancy and backups and safety factors seem to be no big deal at Airbus
I'll bet the guys at Honeywell are nodding their heads as they read this......
That pilot better set that sucker down like it is a raw egg
LOL!!! .........and over
i love you! LOL~
.........and Geraldo will cry.
Good! I hope that happens again.
What do you expect? It isn't a slow speed car chase thru LA. Those always get full coverage.
BOR owns that network from 8-9. I suspect he has incriminating pictures of Murdoch.
NYC99IA062 On February 16, 1999, at 1602 Eastern Standard Time, an Airbus A-320-231, N628AW, operated by America West Airlines as flight 2811, received minor damage when it landed at Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Columbus, Ohio, with the nose wheels rotated 90 degrees. There were no injuries to the 2 certificated pilots, 3 flight attendants and 26 passengers. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the scheduled passenger flight which had departed from Newark (EWR), New Jersey, about 1404. Flight 2811 was operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan conducted under 14 CFR Part 121. According to statements from the flight crew, flight 2811 was uneventful until the landing gear was lowered prior to landing at CMH. After the landing gear was extended to the down-and-locked position, the flight crew received indications of dual landing gear control and interface unit (LGCIU) faults. The flight crew entered into a holding pattern and attempted to troubleshoot the faults; however, they were unable to determine the source of the problem. The flight crew then prepared for a landing at CMH, with nosewheel steering and thrust reversers inoperative due to the faults. During the final approach, at the flight crew's request, the control tower performed a visual check of the landing gear, which revealed that the nosewheels were rotated about 90 degrees. The flight crew then initiated a missed approach and declared an emergency. The cabin crew was notified of an impending emergency landing, and the cabin and passengers were prepared for the landing. The captain initiated the approach, and described the touchdown as soft. The airplane stopped on the 10,250-foot-long runway with about 2,500 feet of runway remaining. Damage was limited to the nose landing gear tires and rims. The captain reported that after landing, he noticed smoke was drifting up on the right side of the airplane. He said he attempted to contact the control tower and confirm if a fire was present, but was unable due to frequency congestion. He then initiated an emergency evacuation using the left and right side overwing exits. A review of the air/ground communications, as recorded by the Columbus Air Traffic Control Tower, did not reveal a congested frequency when the emergency evacuation was initiated. According to Airbus, nose wheel steering was hydraulically actuated through either the cockpit tiller and/or the rudder pedals. A post-incident visual inspection of the nose landing gear assembly revealed no anomalies. The steering control module was replaced, and a subsequent functional check of the nosewheel steering was successful.
THIS IS RIGHT OUTSIDE MY OFFICE. I work on Imperial Hwy overlooking the southern runway here in El Segundo. I just looked out and I see no activity on the runways which leads me to believe theya are landing on the north runway.
It's on Fox right now!!
ms.B
I agree.
That is the sad truth
Ok, you got me.
Hey! I love those car chases!
It's a big building with windows...
LOL
I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.
then the glue that hols his nose on would disintegrate, and it would fall off. THAT would be worth watching.
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