Jet Blue Airbus A320 Landing Gear Fault

On September 21, 2005, Jet Blue Airlines flight 292, an Airbus A320, landed at Los Angeles International Airport, California, with the nose wheels cocked 90 degrees. The 8 crewmembers and 140 passengers were not injured during this spectacular landing.
Before landing, the crew flew for several hours to burn fuel so that they could land at a lighter weight. The cabin crew emptied the first three rows of seats, and moved the baggage as far aft as possible. The plane touched down at 120 knots and held the nose gear off of the ground as long as possible. When the nose gear did touch down, there were sparks and flames from it, but no fire started.
The Crew did a good job.

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[liam12189]

shatterjack yes it was a brilliant landing

[kezamizogabi]

what simulator is this?plz reply!

[liam12189]

hi it's anot a simulator this is real

[nitefly8]

that's 2 amazing pilots right there...notice how after the rear wheels touched down, they kept the nose up for as long as they could, until the plane slowed too much and stalled. imagine trying to ride a wheelie, except instead of a 10 lb bike going about 20, your in a 130,000 + lb jumbo doin about 140 knots

[DhrPinokio]

he is keeping the center line very nice.

[KickUrToe]

sooo visual landing?



[NegaverseGT]

Son of a bitch!!!!!

[FSXgeeek]

One Chunk of Rubber Disliked this:P

[clydeburkey]

my god it took half of the rim off....good landing pilet...

[Flyingextrordinaire]

@DuhEnlightenedOne

the weight of the aircraft is far to heavy for grass, and the momentum of it moving aswell will just bury the plane on impact, not bury as in sink but it will rip up the ground and can easily cause alot more damage

[DuhEnlightenedOne]

They should have landed on grass to reduce risk of landing gear catching fire. Why could they retract the gear and get someone to fix it in flight. A little bit of WD-40 could have released the stuck gear.

[RHCP9181]

Yeah if it was southwest, theyd be done for good. they cant even do a proper goaround with out bringing gear and flaps up...