Breaking news!!! Jet Blue aircraft in trouble!!! on LIVE TV now

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Holy cow, LIVE news on CBS, NBC, etc -- showing Jet Blue aircraft with nose landing gear extended sideways!!!

Prayers to all the passengers on this plane!!!!

I fly a ton of flights, and I'm holding my breath that these people make it okay!!!!!! :eek: :eek:

Some more info:

A Jet Blue flight with 145 people aboard, which was flying from Burbank, Calif., to New York, will attempt to make a "soft landing" after it landing gear jammed. The Airbus 320 took off from Burbank Airport at 6:17 p.m. EDT, but turned around after its landing gear didn't raise and was apparently twisted.

The jetliner attempted and failed to make an emergency landing at Long Beach airport after the problem was discovered. The plane, which is roughly the size of a Boeing 737, began dumping fuel into the Pacific Ocean in preparation for the emergency procedure.
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This is the second time. The same thing happened back in 1999. The plane landed safely in 1999. My fingers are crossed. I hope there is well seasoned captin on board.

Worst part for the passengers is jet blue has live tv available so i bet they are all watching the news. :eek:
 
Thats horrible, I just got a glimpse of it right now....not a good day today....not the best way to be ending the Summer Season
 
SAFE!

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NsXMas said:
OMFG, THANK GOD!!!

Safe landing!!!!!!!!!

What a Pilot!!!

I wonder what SKYGUY has to say about this.

***WOOHOOOO***
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I have never seen a nose gear sidways like that. I would have thought it would have collapsed. Very surprised it didn't. Jets of that size cannot dump fuel and hence the long gas burn.

-Good choice to go to LAX. Much higher level of crash and rescue equipment.

-Great landing by the Captain. Did a nice job of holding the nose off the ground.

-The fire was a result of the magnisum wheel. Ground down and no problem.

-Good choice not to evacuate. Many people get hurt during slide evacs.

-That airbus has a side joystick for control.

-Somewhat a slow arrival of rescue trucks however.


The Pilots did a outstanding job and deserve all the accolades they get.

Skyguy
 
skyguy said:
I have never seen a nose gear sidways like that. I would have thought it would have collapsed. Very surprised it didn't. Jets of that size cannot dump fuel and hence the long gas burn.

-Good choice to go to LAX. Much higher level of crash and rescue equipment.

-Great landing by the Captain. Did a nice job of holding the nose off the ground.

-The fire was a result of the magnisum wheel. Ground down and no problem.

-Good choice not to evacuate. Many people get hurt during slide evacs.

-That airbus has a side joystick for control.

-Somewhat a slow arrival of rescue trucks however.


The Pilots did a outstanding job and deserve all the accolades they get.

Skyguy
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Well thank GOD they're safe.

I'm flying to BUF on Southwest, full fare ticket. I was debating flying Jet Blue but wanted the Southwest credits.

You better fly me there and back safe and sound!!!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Beers after we land, safely, on me. :tongue:
 
NsXMas said:
Well thank GOD they're safe.

I'm flying to BUF on Southwest, full fare ticket. I was debating flying Jet Blue but wanted the Southwest credits.

You better fly me there and back safe and sound!!!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

Beers after we land, safely, on me. :tongue:
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No problamo!

We train all our lives for events similar to this. If something like this would happen to me I would call on all my resources, (as did the JB Pilot) and use what I've been trained for. I could only hope I would do as good a job as the JB Pilot.

BTW: Thanks for flying SWA. It keeps gas in my NSX and a smile on my face... :wink:

Skyguy
 
I watched it live here at work with about a dozen of my coworkers. Impressive landing!
 
This is why flying is still one of the safest means of transportation. The crew did a great job. Kudos to them :) :) :) :)
 
Radio communication

You can hear more about this incident including some of the radio talk between captain and ground in this podcast. Very interesting, especialy the different (and wrong) opinion of the maintainance guys of the company.

Good to have such smart pilots even on low cost carriers.
 
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Good to have such smart pilots even on low cost carriers.
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Hummmm. Not sure what this opinion refers to. So if I work at Delta vs where I work now, (SWA) I would be smarter?
I take exception to this. The training standards for all FAR part 121 Air Carriers are the same!

Do you really think the Pilots at JB vs legacy carriers are have less abilities/smarts?

I flew at many other airlines that most people have never heard of and the Pilots I flew with were some of the best I know.

Sorry for the flame but such an uninformed comment is without merit and utterly baseless. :mad:
 
I know people who refuse to fly Airbus aircraft, reasons given were the landing gear incidents (I heard the latest was #3) and problems with rudders breaking off.
 
Russ said:
I know people who refuse to fly Airbus aircraft, reasons given were the landing gear incidents (I heard the latest was #3) and problems with rudders breaking off.
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Airbus=Scarebus :wink:
 
Not sure 'bout the rumors concerning Airbus landing gear. But I've always said:

"If it's not Boeing. I'm not going."

"The reason is that the ability of the nose wheel to rotate 90 degrees introduces the possibility of failure, exactly like what we saw."

In contrast, Boeing aircraft landing gear all move straight up and down.

The A320 landing gear is moved through hydraulic pressure, when fluid is pumped into a valve, which moves a piston. Rubber seals called O-rings are used to prevent the hydraulic fluid from leaking.

But if the hydraulic fluid leaks, the piston won't work right, Eastlake said.

That's what happened in at least two previous incidents. Airbus said the landing gear got stuck because of problems with the seals, and told airlines they should replace the seals on A320 and A321 aircraft.

That message came after a Feb. 16, 1999, incident in which an America West A320 landed at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, with its nose wheels sideways.

The NTSB said in that case that the problem was caused by rubber seals that got pushed out of their groove, which jammed the landing gear.

The NTSB found that the latter incident was probably caused by improper assembly of the landing gear's shock absorber assembly.
 

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