Jet without nose landing gear lands safely

[question everything]

Source: USA Today


USA TODAY

Jet without nose landing gear lands safely

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A plane with malfunctioning landing gear touched down safely at Orlando Sanford International Airport on Thursday afternoon, officials said.

The Allegiant Air flight from Portsmouth, N.H. landed without its nose landing gear. None of the 157 passengers on board were injured during the landing, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said. Passengers and crew evacuated the aircraft via slides. A woman sprained her ankle, but refused treatment, airport authorities said.

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The plane circled the area while communicating with the base about how to proceed before landing safely.

"The aircraft experienced a hydraulic problem with the front nose-gear. The nosegear was not coming down. they circled around for an hour and finally managed to land without it," Diane Crews, executive vice president of Orlando Sanford International Airport told CNN. "There were some sparks and a lot of smoke, no flames," she said.


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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. We get GREAT video realtime about this, but not one shot of

a soldier's wasted corpse, being returned to his homeland, his parents, his spouse.

must be a technical glitch.

[Redstone]

2. I know it's easy and tempting to be bitter, but does that mean that you can't be happy about

some lives that were fortunately saved? After all, those lives have NOTHING to do with the ones lost in that stupid war, do they?

Perspective, my friend, perspective. Yes, you're angry; we all are. But the two do not have ANYTHING to do with each other.

Redstone

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. That's because people get shot every day. It isnt often you get to see...

...to paraphrase the old tune "The bubbleheaded Bleachblonde that comes on at five; tell you about the plain crash with a gleam in her eye. It's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry."

Besides, you arent supposed to see the soldiers coming home, you unpatriotic left wing loon.

Didnt you know that?

[Parche]

4. Allegiant

They are a good little airline, at least making a profit in these days of high oil prices

[Redstone]

5. Is that a 727? I didn't know anyone was flying those anymore, even with hushkits.

A great workhorse of an airliner, the 727 was.

Redstoe

[Parche]

6. DC-9-83

No it is a DC-9-83

They have an all DC-9 fleet, if I remember buying them from American and Delta