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Airline in distress on CNN
as of 8:30 EDT commercial jet is circling over major US city with the
front landing gear in the SIDEWAYS position fully extended. Talk about a PROBLEM!!! |
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"Natasha" wrote in message ... as of 8:30 EDT commercial jet is circling over major US city with the front landing gear in the SIDEWAYS position fully extended. Talk about a PROBLEM!!! I wouldn't expect a huge fireball. I think it'll skid to a stop and we'll get to see a bunch of scared folks slide down the slides and everyone will be safe. Great shots from the news crews. |
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Give that pilot a raise.
"Natasha" wrote in message ... as of 8:30 EDT commercial jet is circling over major US city with the front landing gear in the SIDEWAYS position fully extended. Talk about a PROBLEM!!! |
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John Doe wrote:
Give that pilot a raise. Spectacular job. He almost caused more problems for himself landing so perfectly on the centerline - did anyone notice the flames shooting as it scraped the painted lines? |
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JohnH wrote:
Spectacular job. He almost caused more problems for himself landing so perfectly on the centerline - did anyone notice the flames shooting as it scraped the painted lines? Darned if you aren't right. Watching the re-runs, the flame jumps each time he passed over a centerline stripe. Something to avoid the next time! Kev |
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I think its outstanding that they decided not to evacuate on the slides
after the landing. There seems to be this mindset that no matter what happens, we're all jumping out even if it hurts more people than it helps. If the communciations are good and the ground crews can inform the flight crew that there's no fire or other hazard, there's no reason for it. I've gone down the slide once before years ago when there was an engine fire indication in the cockpit about 30 minutes after takeoff. We in the plane could all see there was no indication of a fire, the crew said over the PA there's probably not a fire. The slide was the scariest part, and a few people got hurt, but thankfully not seriously. If it happens again to my flight someday and we have to jump out, I'm taking my notebook computer with me no matter what the flight attendants say. |
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....or a retract.
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Spectacular job. He almost caused more problems for himself landing so
perfectly on the centerline - did anyone notice the flames shooting as it scraped the painted lines? Wow. After watching for this on the replay it's really clear that the centerline paint contributed greatly to the flame. The first visible sparks occur right as the nose comes over a painted line and then after that the flames come and go with the lines. It's quite possible that if the nosewheel was not scraping over the lines there would not have been any visible flames. I think this is most likely because the reflective glass elements embedded inside the paint make it act just like sandpaper - the dried paint itself should not be flamable. I wonder what, if any, change in airport painting procedures will come about because of this. - Ray |
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This is not the first time the AirBus A-320 has had to make an emergency
landing due to a cockeyed nose gear. This happened to an America West A320 which made a safe landing at Columbus Ohio/KCMH six years ago. AirBus issued a service bulletin instructing maintainers to replace an O-ring. |
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