BREAKING NEWS PLANE IN LA LANDING GEAR TROUBLES

[brettdale]

OUR NEWS HERE, ARE SHOWING LIVE COVERAGE OF A PASSENGER PLANE FLYING OVER LOS ANGLES.

It has trouble with its front landing gear, and is dropping fuel, its going to attempt an emergency landing.

[ewagner]

1. MSNBC

has been doing the OH MY GOD! thing for about 20 minutes or so....

[BrightKnight]

2. CNN: Jet Blue plane readies for emergency landing

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/21/airliner.emergency.ap/index.html

"...emergency landing with the plane's front wheels turned sideways and unable to retract."

[Rainscents]

3. OMG...

[im10ashus]

4. Here's a link.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Airliner-Emergency.html

This is serious!!!

[libnnc]

5. Per my Air Traffic Controller spouse...

this ain't a big deal. Happens all the time. Pilot's just burning off fuel to land. Move along folks, nothing to see here...

[Obamarama]

8. I agree with your husband.

They're trying to fill the post-Katrina sensationalism void.

[libnnc]

9. actually, babe, it's my "wife" but thanks for the response...

:P

[Obamarama]

11. Oops...I'm not a mysoginist, really! :-)

[I Have A Dream]

17. Self-delete. n/t

[Obamarama]

6. You can track JetBlue 292 at this website:

Just select JetBlue Airways and type in 292 for the flight number. You'll be able to track, realtime, it's flight path, altitude, etc...

http://www.aeroseek.com/webtrax/

[Obamarama]

10. Self delete

[Roxy66]

7. see other thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4842898

[BrightKnight]

15. live video here

http://www.kcal.com/

[WI_DEM]

12. So if it crashes the media will televise it live

the vultures. It's like all those high speed chases that LA likes to televise live.

[Spinzonner]

13. It's not the chases ...

it's the crashes and captures

[Rainscents]

14. It's on LIVE here in Seattle! I'm watching this right now!

[Cassandra]

16. Passengers have Direct TV at their seats!

They can watch along with everyone else, according to Atrios and MSNBC.
:scared:

[faithnotgreed]

21. now that is surreal

or sick

[Cassandra]

22. MSNBC said they turned it off.

Way too creepy.

[faithnotgreed]

23. oh good - that would be way too much to handle

[Kenroy]

18. Wow

just wow.

That pilot is GOOD.

[nonconformist]

19. That is one good pilot!!

Nice job, Jet Blue pilot dude! :thumbsup:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

20. Oh YAY!!!!!

Down and in one piece....

Kudos to those fine pilots and a hug to the families and friends now breathing a huge sigh of relief!!

:grouphug: