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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: unspun

Guy on FOX saying foam will lessen the impact, what a twit.


941 posted on 09/21/2005 6:10:22 PM PDT by X-FID (If you spell it like "HEAR HERE!", you have a 100% chance of being half right.)
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To: Trust but Verify

I was in SUX when this happened. My niece was a newspaper photog and some of the news services stole her photos.

Gary Brown (who would make a great FEMA Head) took care of the ground support. He did a hellova job.

A college classmate of mine had to take the videos of the autopsies (he was in the National Guard there). He later went a bit off kilter. He said the biggest pain was watching the meds peal a few month old dead baby off the burned chest of her mother.

Hard to take, eh?


942 posted on 09/21/2005 6:10:22 PM PDT by lawdude (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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To: Black Tooth
pilot wants a long approach

That's probably a good idea to give time to adjust for a nice low vertical speed descent.
943 posted on 09/21/2005 6:10:25 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: surrey
OK ,that doesn't reassure me, knowing we're taking a flight in Oct.

LOL -- by the time October rolls around I will have flown 85 flights since January.

944 posted on 09/21/2005 6:10:28 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Durka Durka Durka. Muhammed Jihad Durka.)
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To: realpatriot

He is indeed a true American hero -- and they forced him into retirement a few months after his amazing performance, due to his age. Silly. His long years of experience no doubt helped immensely when he had just a few minutes to invent and implement a method for controlling a large jetliner with no hydraulics. No sign whatsoever of mental decline. At the press conference the next day, he was calm, clear-headed, and philosophical, while his younger co-pilot sat in stunned silence, with the press having been informed in advance that he wouldn't speak at all.


945 posted on 09/21/2005 6:10:35 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: mylife

All aircraft being cleared on LAX approach.

He's heading northbound now, approach s/e of LA. Starting his left turn towards approach.


946 posted on 09/21/2005 6:10:39 PM PDT by Black Tooth (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: surrey
OK ,that doesn't reassure me, knowing we're taking a flight in Oct.

Better chance of winning the mega-lottery than getting in a plane crash (unless youre getting shot at of couse by ragheads :)

947 posted on 09/21/2005 6:10:46 PM PDT by Windsong (FighterPilot)
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To: advance_copy

KABC-TV Live Stream: http://ww2.abc7.com/global/video/WorldNowASX.asp?playerType=native&vt1=l&d1=0&ClipId1=mms%3A//a463.l1190731971.c11907.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/463/11907/v0001/reflector%3A31971&LiveURI=mms%3A//a463.l1190731971.c11907.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/463/11907/v0001/reflector%3A31971&h1=LIVE%20Streaming%20Video&at1=News&LiveURITitle=LIVE%20Streaming%20Video&playerVersion=6


948 posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:09 PM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Black Tooth

Decent to 4000 feet. 20 miles east of LAX.


949 posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:17 PM PDT by Black Tooth (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Black Tooth

The pilots going to flare for as long as possible.

Praying for a safe stop


950 posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:17 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: lawdude; onyx; prairiebreeze; glock rocks

MSNBC says it's confirmed that 140 passengers on board


951 posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:19 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: onyx
How fast is "stall speed"?

Probably just over 100 knots, lightweight like that.

Did you bring any marshmallows?

952 posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:43 PM PDT by zipper (Freedom Isn't Free)
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To: rovenstinez

Well, I think it's suspicious a plane load of rich and middle class folks gets this much attention. We don't hear about the plane loads of poor and minorities that have landing gear problems. They probably just put them down in the nearest marshland.


953 posted on 09/21/2005 6:11:46 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Black Tooth
Thanks BT, keep us posted.

Prayers up.

954 posted on 09/21/2005 6:12:09 PM PDT by kstewskis ("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
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To: X-FID

They just said it should land in soon, it's only 18 miles out..


955 posted on 09/21/2005 6:12:09 PM PDT by Die_Hard Conservative Lady (Close the borders.....)
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To: smonk
Claustrophobia -- I try to sit in one of the emergency rows when husband won't let me fly inn 1st.
956 posted on 09/21/2005 6:12:09 PM PDT by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: hole_n_one

Based on Hole-in-one's image, it appears the the gear is turned, but not locked down. I'm not familiar with how it should look, but it appears as though it is slightly tilted forward, as if it started into its stowed position and jammed.


957 posted on 09/21/2005 6:12:17 PM PDT by meyer (The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
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To: Larry Lucido

KCAL just showed about 100 LAPD command staff arrive.


958 posted on 09/21/2005 6:12:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: mylife

Starting his left turn onto approach, still 15 to 20 miles out.


959 posted on 09/21/2005 6:12:17 PM PDT by Black Tooth (The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Liberty Valance
---Bush's fault. He doesn't care about nose gear.---

bush cut the Nose Gear Improvement Administration budget $7 billion dollars last year, and gave the money to halliburton.

960 posted on 09/21/2005 6:12:20 PM PDT by smonk
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