Air bus A-320 lands with nose-gear sideways

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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[cyclepsychodad]

That was awesome, pretty good fking tires too.

[CADETINATORT1000]

Yep i feel bad for the pilots who had to land this thing

[Born2Die83]

Im suprised the landing gear didnt snap off!!

[CADETINATORT1000]

Well they are made of a heavy gage steel

so ya

[dynamicwolf]

I remember seeing this on TV. Those pilots did an exceptional job landing that plane under such an unusual and dangerous circumstance.

[CADETINATORT1000]

yes they did such a good job at slowing that thing down. it is amazing

[aGruntNamedYayap]

1 person thought they'd see explosions

[Jesse5482]

It was cool who he stoped

[TheBringback]

Wow that was text book perfect for that situation! Great job!

[donbahadur]

he is the real world pilot

[roryj123ok]

how did the weels end up like that i thaught in the a320 the gear dont turn

[moonsufers27]

I totally remember seeing this on the news.

[rfry]

this is how you sharpen metal with concret

[mutantroosta]

its amazing how that thing stayed right on the center line right the way down the runway