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Great landing...
I just heard on Hannity and Colmes an America West pilot (Captain Stewart) say if the electronic system which controls the nose gear fails, the nose wheel turns 90 degrees to the nose.
What the heck? I mean, a designed failure mode which creates a problem?
If the gear locked to the line of the airplane, you could still control the steering of the aircraft with differential thrust and braking. Why on earth would it default to perpendicular to the normal direction.
Idiotic French engineers, no doubt.
Or maybe the quirky Brits. On my Landrover, you do not push in the button to enable the rear door child proof door latches, instead you push the button to enable the adult door latches. In other words, you move a switch to set the system to normal mode.
As a passenger, I love the A320's wider cabin over the cramped 737, but in an emergency, give me a Boeing any day.
Caller to MSNBC who was also on the plane: "It was undoubtedly the smoothest landing I've ever felt."
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That pilot deserves all the kudos !!!!
They have more buses at that plane than Nagin used to evac N. O.
Nice work, JetBlue.
Messier-Dowty is responsible for both the nose and main landing gear for this family. The nose landing gear is a single stage telescopic strut with integral rack and pinion steering. The main landing gear includes a two stage shock absorber to improve comfort at the time of landing. Principal materials used for the landing gear are ultra high tensile steel and high strength aluminum alloy.
Kudos to the flight crew and emergency crews. Thumbs down on the media for announcing the flight number and sensationalising this on live TV. I can only imagine the worry families and loved ones felt while watching this flight land and praying they made it out okay.
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I just got home and watched it on FOXNEWS...
I want everyone to notice the pilot had it ON CENTERLINE the entire time.
Good job!
Always keep your basics up while an emergency ensues!!!
Jet Blue - French plane, right?