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plane landing at lax with damaged landing gear
the pilot is a hero
By doctor diabolical 1222119727 Reply Spam [+5] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveSharp & Clear traffic controller, A very calm and supportive co-pilot, effecient flight attendants for crowd control, cooperative passengers and thousands of priceless prayers had given the captain a steady heart, mind and hands to bring everyone to safety. That honor is for everyone.
By DStaceyS 1222147598 Reply Spam [+6] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI remember when this happened....they flew out over the water, dumped their fuel, then came back and circled until they were almost empty. Then the pilot came in as slow as possible, kept the nose up for as long as possible, then as soon as the front wheels were down, let it coast to a stop under reverse without hitting the wheel brakes, which would have put more pressure on the nose wheels. The man was fricken fantastic! Your ticket dollars at work....this is what they are trained for, and he came through under pressure.
By stevewebb 1222141940 Reply Spam [+3] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove.
By OmegaPrime 1222185647 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethey can kill the fish even if they dont get to kill the passengers.
By RumpRanger 1257661808 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removemain reason to have less speed to land. less weight gives you lower Vref.
By babycake 1222478623 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveMost of the fuel is carried ahead of the main gear... Dumping it takes the weight off the nose gear....
By expatyank 1222392202 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveA320 cannot dump fuel. It is not necessary
By LIETUVA2 1222414732 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveHe had no other choice except to land.
By babycake 1222478304 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeits always been easy to take off the plane rather than landing it even without an emergency like that....
By pentong 1223185610 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethat what i call i good pilot.
By bmdReborn 1222532432 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removefuk yea amazing
By _darkman_ 1228286292 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveA320s do not have fuel dump capability I never saw a dump vent, looking at the fuel control panel on the overhead in UAs A320 Cockpit Lights and Switches Study Guide, there is no fuel dump control switch, or anywhere else in the flight deck.
It has a max takeoff gross of 166.4, and a max landing weight of 142.2. However, it has advance overweight landing capability like any other manual set.
I Salute This Pilot
By MrRomeo524 1226408693 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removevery good coooooooool
By AHMED ZKRIA 1225661868 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removewow .. gud job pilot .. hehe u save hundreds of life . !
By dewi.nazrul 1223448917 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveDear Demir12... Good One to go thru...
Who saw the Orentation of the nose wheel first? Does the Control room Crew have their sight on wheels too? If so, its really fantastic Job... But What abt the post flying crew done? Any why a vry gd gd job by the PILOT... HATS OFF
By 4207232 1223073504 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removebut i suppose they have some checking system to alert when something goes wrong with the weels.
By kakavida 1223401299 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethank god iam not in this flyght
By mazen3003 1222856226 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThe Captian really did a great job controlling his airplane safely.
By Devina 1222806086 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveWhat a moment !!!
By susyta 1222798539 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveGreat wprk!
By jmfaiza 1222591994 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThe pilot is F**king awesome!!!
By drephelus 1222557964 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThe nose wheel was down but vertical to the landing direction .
I wonder what would happen ; if it was stuck down diagonocally ?
I don't know the serie of the moovements of the nose wheel when it comes down normaly .
New Front tires now :-)
By Lone Wolf Here 1222406206 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removevery god pilots,not mention i'v been flight with that companie few times
By stellubv 1222344599 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThis problem was not the first occurence for this model aircraft. However, more seriously, this aircraft DOES NOT have the ability to dump fuel in flight. I have been in other aircraft where this was done (several times, in fact). The European design has some endemic flaws.
By The Q Cat 1222326386 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removewas the only event happened. The biggest flaw that had a lot of dead people was on boing 737 yaw damper system.
By LIETUVA2 1222414935 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI'm glad that ended well.
By Star of Bethlehem 1222317796 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveAlthough this is an "emergency" situation, this same situation had happened a couple of times prior in the US (not certain of occurances in other countries). Fortunately the nose gear strut is built like a tank which is why it didn't collapse on landing. Any typed (typed means qualified for that particular airplane) pilot would have been able to do the same. After this episode, JetBlue mechanics worked with Airbus to redesign the nosewheel retraction system to prevent this from happening again.
By NYC Guy 1222313047 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeabout pilots flying drunk and such. this guy is one good pilot.....would fly with him any time! very good....very skilled.
By lowellfranck72 1222312368 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removemy capt. my good capt........
By bongski1205 1222309276 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveCool News Report!!!
By Lee304 1222261012 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveGood pilot...
By jinete19 1222225601 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeperfect pilots...
really no comment
forward landing gear gets five stars.
By Sharon Bone 1222191578 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeabsolutely the pilot is a hero but he must thank lady luck as well
By matramadan 1222175232 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethat was pure skills... pure touch...
By psyched 1222174354 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeskillful pilot.
By nitrodamuz 1222157901 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethe people who on plane were very very lucky to be alive or no injury..
If the front wheel would be crush on ground and hit somewhere or spin..
LUCKY.. Appauded appauded to the pilot, Im sure pilot has skill and know
what to do.. Good job to pilot ..
really you r a captin
By alzeam1987 1222133268 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove20% skill
80% luck
I'd say 80% skill, 20% luck. See how gently he laid the front of that aircraft down on the gear. If the runway had been eggs he wouldn't have broken them. Landing gear is built VERY TOUGH - with this exact possibility in mind.
By psmirage 1222325496 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI think that even if he had a bad luck he would have find a way to handle it.
You can see these pilots are proffesionals.
cause he have a front wheel problem
By fullblast 1222266387 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethe pilot got's talent
By jmsplitfire 1222131318 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThe skill of the pilot must be applauded
By christalan 1222111483 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removenice 1 www.pknmc.com
By mms2me 1222463813 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThat word is terribly overused. It should be reserved for those who perform well and far, far beyond the expected standard. In this case the pilot followed established procedure and did his job well, no more, no less.
By BITCHY1 1222279501 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeif you are the pilot your di ck may have become a P***y
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