Aircrash -- Jet Blue Airlines flight 292 Crashlanding

On September 21, 2005, Jet Blue Airlines flight 292, an Airbus A-320, 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

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• Aviation
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• Space

[Xiber1]

lucky the front landing gear didnt collapse

[alfathomas30]

Stop the hatred guys, both Boeing and Airbus almost have an identical record in mishaps and failures in history. I would not hesitate to ride in any one of them as long as it has a good pilot :o)

[ExiledStardust]

That was an incredibly skillful landing.

[XtremeBordom]

@Xiber1 Actually the landing gear was designed by Airbus not to collapse in that situation!

[conseguidorfly]

ole, ole y ole xaval¡¡¡

[magyari25]

hülye Mazsiii.. meg ismertem a hangodat máláká!!!!

[lpsgal321]

it wasn't bad! that was pretty amazing!

[Eltagi]

I remember watching that drama unfold whilst in a bar in Seattle - it was the day before I was due to fly back to Manchester (UK). Stunning piece of control by those pilots!

[pegasigirl2010]

Um, that's an emergency landing, not a crash landing...

[36paperairplanes]

@lukeshurtleff4 Do it! It's fun :)

[lukeshurtleff4]

This Video makes me wanna be a pilot.!

[tubedudeT2000]

well that wasn't so bad