Robert M. Gary wrote:

TV news is full of crap. They went on and on about dumping fuel
(something the A320 can't do) and airline pilots being trained landing
with one or more gear missing over and over again (something denied by
a Jetblue pilot who called in).


My favorite part was where they talked about them landing on the main
gear first as if it were not normal to do so. The first report I heard
said they were going to do a "soft field" landing. They also made it
sound like it would be an easier landing if the problem was with one of
the main gear. Anyone with even the most basic understanding of physics
knows that's ridiculous. The landing it's self was anticlimactic
though. I guess that landing gear structure is pretty strong, I would
have thought the tire would have been worn off sooner and there been a
chance of something catching in one of the expansion joints in the
concrete that would cause it to fail.

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Chris W

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