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Jet Blue Airbus in trouble.

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CrashGordon
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:46 pm 

There is a jej blue A320 with a nose gear locked sidways instead of forward in the LA area Burbank to NY. They are getting ready for an emergency landing (probably LAX).

Will let you know how it goes. It is on TV out here. Wish them luck.
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Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 11:53 pm 

what channel?
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:01 am 

7 (ABC) It is jet blue flt 292. It is being diverted to Long Beach.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:08 am 

Now heading to LAX
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:13 am 

145 passengers on the plane. They are getting ready at LAX, the city fire dept is also on alert. From what I can see, the gear is fully down, but the nose gear is 90 degrees to the long axis of the plane.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:37 am 

They will land on 25L at LAX as soon as they have burned off enough fuel. The A320 has no provision to juttison fuel.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:40 am 

how long will it before it lands?
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 12:53 am 

They are now saying it will be in a few minutes. Probably before the sun gets too low. But, it is the pilot's call.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:14 am 

fox doing emergency coverage now/ sun is in pilots eyes


WHY DONT THEY FOAM THE RUNWAY


GOD SPEED

you know this happend to me but it was no big deel for us no fire or emergency vehicles. but the nose gear was not sideways
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:33 am 

12 miles out.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:39 am 

On the ground. Good landing. gear did not collapse. burned away the tires, though. Buy the crew a drink.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:46 am 

One final note. The nose gear stayed right on the center line even though the wheels were worn down to the strut.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:49 am 

Excellent stuff!

This calls for a drink!
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:02 am 

lets have another party! Razz
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:22 am 

Guys....I think we're alcoholics
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:45 am 

Fire_Emblem_Master wrote:
Guys....I think we're alcoholics


What's that? I didn't hear you. Ill Yucky Puke Up


Great to hear everyone's ok from the jetBlue flight.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 3:27 am 

That was a SMOOTH landing. I was on VATSIM in Washington DC's airspace (ORD-IAD-BOS flight), and so I was listening to the controllers/pilots update everyone on the situation. Impressive!
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 4:26 am 

My best firnd was flying jet blue.... i want to find out if that was his plane. Hes a good piolt.
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:10 am 

Littleal100 wrote:
My best firnd was flying jet blue.... i want to find out if that was his plane. Hes a good piolt.



Group Wave

And i bet that your friends grandfather was Charles Lindbergh... Wink
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:30 am 

OOF! I just read what happened there, (due to time difference) That was some landing. I'd like to see some sort of interview the pilot/first officer of the aircraft. There we go - Finally, a happy ending to a strickin flight. Very well done Captain - Wherever you are.
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