Carpatair Emergency Landing of Saab 2000 in Timisoara, 28.2.2009 - longer aftermath footage

I found much longer footage!!!
A Romanian plane carrying 51 people made a safe emergency landing in western Romania on Saturday and all the occupants escaped injury, officials said.

The Carpatair flight's front landing gear became stuck and the aircraft circled Timisoara International Airport for almost two hours, using up its fuel to avoid a potential fire before it landed on a bed of foam laid out by firefighters, officials said.

The Saab 2000 aircraft was carrying 47 passengers and four crew members on its flight from the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, to Timisoara, airport spokeswoman Carmen Stoica said.

The Emergency Inspectorate said at least 10 ambulances and three fire engines were waiting for the stricken plane.

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• carpatair
• crash
• belly
• emergency
• landing
• timisoara
• romania

[ioanitsa2000]

Carpatair you are the best example to give when speaking about professionalism! Bravo Romania!Bravo Carpatair!

[spenckey]

It appears that the pilot saved the AC, as well as the passenger's lives. Good work!

[TheMrSteady]

bravo moldavian pilots

[adrianTNT]

Apparently the Romanian mechanics stole some component that was needed to lower the nose gear; no biggie :)

[PilotEmilis]

that;s nice, they even didn't damage the props. Good pilots, very good aircraft, not like the DeHavilland Dash nonsense

[ronaldbuffalo2]

@benassy69

lol no im saying that because the dash8 q400 has a bad safety record. i was comparing them.

[benassy69]

@ronaldbuffalo2  it's a Saab 2000, not a Bombardier Q400

[ronaldbuffalo2]

great!!! another dash8-q400

XD

[Ritzuveveritzu1]

Parerea mea ca aceasta firma trebuie sa mai investeasca putin in aparatele de zbor.Avem piloti extraordinari,capabili de orice eventualitate,pacat ca nu avem avioane mai performante.

[SgtDrDeath]

Good aircraft, Made safe by Swedish Engineers!

[PiciuSudHop]

am fost akolo cand sa intamplat faza asta;)))