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Terrified Frontier Airlines passengers fear ‘the end’ as Puerto Rico-bound plane’s wheel breaks off in hard landing
The New York Post ^ | 4/17/2025 | Nicholas McEntyre

Posted on 04/18/2025 5:35:02 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits

Terrified passengers aboard a Frontier Airlines flight from Florida feared “it was the end” when one of the plane’s wheels broke off during a hard landing in a frightening moment caught on camera.

Frontier Flight 5306 was on final approach to San Juan, Puerto Rico, when the 228-passenger plane touched down at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport before quickly climbing back up on April 15.

During the first landing attempt, the Airbus A321 suffered a “mechanical problem” resulting in one of the wheels tearing off the front landing gear, Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Dia reported.

The mother of two captured the view out the window from her seat, which showed an orange glow under the plane as streaks of smoke rushed past the window.

Debris from the damaged gear got sucked into the engine, causing it to smoke, but no engine failure was reported.

The plane circled the airport four times before making a second attempt at landing on a different runway, according to the flight radar site FlightAware.

The aircraft came as close as 500 feet to the runway but flew by and did another circle around the area before landing at 10:54 p.m.

Tuesday’s flight was over an hour longer than the usual time it takes for the trip from Orlando to Puerto Rico, according to flight data.

A young co-pilot was in control at the time before the cool-headed captain took over and stabilized the plane, flight investigator Luis Irizarry said, according to Puerto Rico’s WAPA.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: aviation; frontier; landing; plane
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"A young co-pilot was in control at the time..."
1 posted on 04/18/2025 5:35:02 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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They gotta learn sometime. This one wasn’t quite ready yet.


2 posted on 04/18/2025 5:39:40 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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“A young co-pilot was in control at the time...”

Code words for DEI, once again, as pretty much ONLY DEIs are now being hired.


3 posted on 04/18/2025 5:41:19 AM PDT by BobL
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I wonder if it has anything to do with this.

More than 1.4 million people in Puerto Rico were plunged into darkness Wednesday after power went out across the entire island. Local power authorities reported a system failure around 12:40pm —the same time a powerful geomagnetic storm was striking Earth. A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disruption of Earth’s magnetic field caused by a large burst of solar plasma, typically from a coronal mass ejection on the sun.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/island-wide-blackout-in-puerto-rico-affects-14m-amid-solar-storm/ss-AA1DanpC


4 posted on 04/18/2025 5:44:19 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (Lupus urbem intravit. Fulminis ictu vultures super turrem exanimat. )
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DEI? No, the propagandist at Puerto Rican newspaper 'El Nuevo Dia' claimed the Airbus A321 suffered a “mechanical problem”.

Except it didn't "suffer a mechanical problem" - the DEI co-pilot broke the landing gear when zer/zee/they/them failed to land properly.

At least the co-pilot didn't snap the wings off and roll the plane upside down.

5 posted on 04/18/2025 5:47:02 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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A “cool headed Captain ” would have never let a “young co-pilot” prang the jet that hard on the runway!


6 posted on 04/18/2025 5:47:06 AM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Still think DEI is a good idea?


7 posted on 04/18/2025 5:47:22 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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A “cool headed Captain ” would have never let a “young co-pilot” prang the jet that hard on the runway!

Except the DEI co-pilot has to perform the takeoffs and landings for them to count in their logbook. These airlines are working to build up DEI co-pilots' hours in order to move them over to the pilot's seat.

8 posted on 04/18/2025 5:52:03 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: 13Sisters76

The first job of these DEI pilots should be flying for FAA officials and politicians.


9 posted on 04/18/2025 5:54:47 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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True, but the Captain hands should have been on the yoke (pulling back) when he felt/saw a sink rate like that.


10 posted on 04/18/2025 5:56:51 AM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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“Except it didn’t “suffer a mechanical problem” - the DEI co-pilot broke the landing gear when zer/zee/they/them failed to land properly.”

LOL...by their definition running a red light and crashing (hard) into another car is a ‘mechanical problem’ since the car cannot be driven away immediately.

Anyway, as I’ve noted here several times, our society was created by NON-DEIs and was never was designed to withstand DEIs (same for our Constitution, by the way). If we keep installing DEIs, everything BREAKS DOWN, as we see with California regarding their fires and water situation.

...and countries that avoid going the DEI route, led by Russia and China, will simply overtake us, as we descend to a level that DEIs are able to handle. For example, in this case (and the one in Canada a month or two ago), we’ll have to double the strength of our airframes to handle DEI landings, which will, of course GREATLY diminish aircraft capacity for passengers and cargo...while non-DEI societies, like Russia and China, will not have to do that.


11 posted on 04/18/2025 6:02:03 AM PDT by BobL
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The Captain is still responsible for the aircraft—and it is the Captain’s responsibility to monitor and correct any mistakes the first officer is making. Maybe the Captain was also a DEI hire.


12 posted on 04/18/2025 6:05:48 AM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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That’s why there are two tires? 🛫🛬


13 posted on 04/18/2025 6:07:01 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Remember to flair


14 posted on 04/18/2025 6:07:11 AM PDT by Theophilus 7
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To: BobL

Probable.


15 posted on 04/18/2025 6:13:52 AM PDT by drwoof
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To: T.B. Yoits

Hey. Its Frontier Airlines. If you want a wheel when you land, you have to pay extra.


16 posted on 04/18/2025 6:20:28 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

That’s a GREAT idea! ;D


17 posted on 04/18/2025 6:31:00 AM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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They want the captain to train morons to be qualified and be responsible when something goes wrong. That is expecting too much from the captain. It is not the captain’s fault, it is worshipers of the religion of equality of outcomes that is the problem.


18 posted on 04/18/2025 6:46:58 AM PDT by alternatives?
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The NY Post article has the flight number incorrect. The correct flight number is Frontier flight 3506.

You can track the ups and downs here

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/FFT3506/history/20250415/2255Z/KMCO/TJSJ


19 posted on 04/18/2025 6:54:05 AM PDT by TruthBringsFreedom
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Flew back from LHR to DTW years ago on BA.
We hit the ground so hard nearly all the overheads flew open and luggage fell out.

When exiting the plane one of the pilots was standing there and i asked if they were former navy pilots. Then told him that if i was the ground crew i would be pissed.
He didnt say anything.


20 posted on 04/18/2025 7:51:11 AM PDT by crz
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