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.
They just said no foam
Guess I picked a bad night to hone into Breaking News.
Damn them. A news report is suppised to be accurate.
Fox doesn't do or stay with news, doncha know. Just tabloid, really.
And where is it going to go?
Is it going to fly into the aircraft? Cause an explosion?
Nobody knows what will happen.
>>I'm on the phone with my boyfriend who is an aeronautical engineer and he says this isn't good at all.<<
It'll be smooth, nose down, full stop.
Alaska Air crashed because a screw-drive mechanism had not been sufficiently greased. An Aeroperu flight crashed because a warning sticker (REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT) was left covering a barometric pressure sensor orifice.
It was such a non incident at the time, I forgot all about it, found info on another board. We did nearly crash a 737-300 once at DFW, that was very close to a disaster...
Thanks. Sure enough local is covering. I can't believe how long I watched FNC not getting any info!
When the landing gear was lowered, the flight crew received landing gear control and interface unit (LGCIU) faults. A visual fly-by revealed the nose wheels were rotated 90 degrees from the desired direction for landing. A normal touchdown was made, after which, the captain commanded an emergency evacuation using the overwing exits. Examination of the airplane revealed the external 'O' rings in the steering control valve had extruded and by-passed pressurized hydraulic fluid to rotate the nose wheels. This event had occurred before, and the manufacturer had issued a service bulletin. The operator had not complied with the service bulletin, nor were they required to comply with it.
lol local LA tv news just interviewed Long Beach battalion chief and he said the decision hasn't been made which airport it's landing at. I love all the accurate info from tne media and gov types. Nobody knows what's happening
Unless they had Geraldo live on the scene...
"This nuclear wind - it's like nothing I've felt before! And that sailboat appears to be adrift...."
Fox has to hoist Bill O'Reilly's ego ... second only to Dan Rather's.
1 bar = 14.7 psi. Normal air pressure. One bar= 1000 millibars.
I just got home from work..
Saw it on here, then snapped on the tube..
Boy, I hope they make it..
Ms.B
FNC is staying with KTTV's live coverage.
is "up shot" really the phrase we want to use there?
What a mess....they have two LAFD helos and two USCG helos available for medevac at the Coast Guard station at LAX
Apparently the A320 may have a history of this, but I'd still be interested in knowing if there were any Mohammedans on the ground crew.
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