Anyone watching this plane with the screwedup landing gear trying to land?

[MrSlayer]

On CNN now.

[karlrschneider]

1. Apparently so, there are about 6 threads about it.

:eyes:

[MrSlayer]

3. Sorry dude, didn't notice them.

Of course I didn't look either.

[doublethink]

6. Yea and if I see another thread about

Rita being the 3rd strongest hurricane ever .... well you know. :rofl:
on edit: just laughing about the 'dupe' thread control or there the lack of sometimes. Not the severity of these things. Peace.

[Rude Horner]

2. I've got MSN's streaming video on my pc

They say it's going to attempt to land in about 10 minutes, at LAX.

Crossing my fingers and praying for them.

[arcos]

5. Could you post the link for the video? nt

[Rude Horner]

12. here it is. It hasn't landed yet

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/

[hlthe2b]

7. How are they possibly burning off all that fuel, if they just took off?

Did they dump it?

[wtmusic]

13. Yes -- dumped it in the ocean nt

[bigwillq]

15. Wasn't it an airbus?

I don't think airbus could drop fuel.

[wtmusic]

17. My bad

early reports on Fox said they had dumped fuel. More idle speculation.

[ClintonTyree]

4. My stinking cable went out.........

about 20 minutes ago. I'm not watching anything! Freaking Time Warner, they're SOOOOO much more reliable than the Dish, you know? :eyes: If I didn't have a bazillion trees around my house (which I love) I wouldn't have freaking cable in the first place.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. Ya know..... "if" there was a fin coming off the rear of the gear.....

it would right itself... that is if it is able to freewheel... and I am just about sure this could be a designed in option.... and another thing I have often pondered..... why don't the wheels on planes have fins to get them "spun up" before they hit the runway... this would end up saving millions in the long term. I mean, pinwheels and other wind driven devices work... why not something to help the wheels get ready to hit the pavement??????

[RC]

10. Someone came up with that more than 20 years ago.

Flaps on the side walls of the tires. Never heard a thing after that.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

11. Ooooooooooh....... I am sure the "engineers" couldn't justify the

cost. I have had ideas for machines over the years... many of them would have been absolutely fantastic, and when you bring them up to someone in the industry... they say... "it would add too much cost to the machine" and that is that. Then I see them putting crap on machines that have no rhyme nor reason and I think about all the stuff that has been ignored for being to costly to implement. I guess if it's not "their idea" then it isn't a good one.

[walldude]

9. No.. watching a plane crash is not my idea of

entertainment...

[longship]

14. Beautiful Landing

or something. He just pulled off a very, very nice landing. Well, lots of sparks and smoke, but just a beauty of a landing. Give that man a double shot and a Cuban cigar.

[MrSlayer]

16. Yes, a great job by the pilot.

Couldn't ask for a better outcome.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Unbelievable Is More Like It

Nobody with so much as a scratch. Good job, cap'n.
The Professor