JetBlue emergency landing

heathrow · Post by **heathrow** » 22 Sep 2005, 03:05

Jetblue flight B6 292 is now circling LAX airport. The nose gear has locked into twisted position. It is burning fuel, preparing for landing on runways 24L. I'll keep you posted. 129 passengers abaord?

heathrow · Post by **heathrow** » 22 Sep 2005, 03:21

SUMMARY. Came to VERY end of runway 24L, obliterated landing gear as it did not snap back. Plane has landed. Everyone is safe. GOOD JOB JETBLUE!!!! kudos to that amazing captain

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 22 Sep 2005, 03:24

I just watched the landing and I applaud the Captain for a PICTURE PERFECT emergency landing. I hope that they are able to safely evacuate everyone and learn how this malfunction happened.

Knight255 · Post by **Knight255** » 22 Sep 2005, 03:31

By the way, I think it was 145 total on board, I don't know cause CNN and MSNBC can't get their damn facts straight....

heathrow · Post by **heathrow** » 22 Sep 2005, 04:28

145 cabin, 6 crew.

pilatus · Post by **pilatus** » 22 Sep 2005, 05:19

I saw it too, nice as it was on the TV in our crew room last night and all the pilots were watching. Nice landing indeed and incredible that the nose gear didn't collapse.

Greetz,

DiverDriver

heathrow · Post by **heathrow** » 22 Sep 2005, 05:30

139 passengers and 6 crew. I still cannot believe how smooth it was. It went very well

cageyjames · Post by **cageyjames** » 22 Sep 2005, 07:00

heathrow wrote:I still cannot believe how smooth it was. It went very well

A friend of mine worked at Goodrich on the landing gear for many of today's planes (I guess practically all are made by Goodrich). He showed us how much engineering when into them and how they tested them. Seeing how this all works out in real life makes me feel glad that they spend that much time testing them.[/url]

FlightSimCrew · Post by **FlightSimCrew** » 22 Sep 2005, 09:49

Great job, good landing, must have been scary for the pax but this way they can see that flying is the safest way for transport. Even in an emergency they are protected

b-west · Post by **b-west** » 22 Sep 2005, 09:57

footage of the landing on bbc world website

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 22 Sep 2005, 11:48

And here a picture http://www.airliners.net/open.file/926274/L/

Credits to Andrew M !!!

And congrats to the great crew

Chris

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 22 Sep 2005, 11:51

And here we have another amazing picture of the incident: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/926275/L/

Credits to Michael Carter

Gate-A1 · Post by **Gate-A1** » 22 Sep 2005, 14:02

Isnt JetBlue the LCC who put Satelite direct TV screan on each seat? Because the image of the aircaft was live on the main TV network

bits44 · Post by **bits44** » 22 Sep 2005, 14:04

According to this report this is the third occurance of landing gear failure on this type, it may lead to an AD from the FAA.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/ ... nce22.html

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 22 Sep 2005, 14:07

it's good to see it ended well

Post by **luchtzak** » 22 Sep 2005, 15:19

Amazing landing and amazing picture! I am happy that all ended well!

cageyjames · Post by **cageyjames** » 22 Sep 2005, 15:28

Gate-A1 wrote:Isnt JetBlue the LCC who put Satelite direct TV screan on each seat? Because the image of the aircaft was live on the main TV network

Yep and everyone was watching it.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/22/airlin ... index.html

Post by **luchtzak** » 22 Sep 2005, 16:10

cageyjames wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/22/airlin ... index.html

thanks for sharing the link cageyjames, luchtzak-members should watch the CNN-footage, very interesting!

regi · Post by **regi** » 22 Sep 2005, 17:49

Damage to the strip?
Damage to the engines of debris?

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 22 Sep 2005, 17:56

Looks like something was wrong with the "heart cam" to me.

These landing gears are made by Messier-Dowty (SAFRAN Group)

For any claim, please contact:

Messier-Dowty International
Zone Aéronautique Louis Breguet
78140 Vélizy Villacoublay Cedex
Tel: (33) 1 46 29 18 10
Fax: (33) 1 46 29 18 02

... or send an e-mail here.

Regards

Seb.