Saab 2000 (Carpatair) emergency landing on a bed of foam (Timişoara, Romania, 28 Feb. 2009)

A Romanian plane carrying 51 people made a safe emergency landing in western Romania on Saturday, February 28th 2009, and all the occupants escaped injury. The Carpatair flight's front landing gear became stuck and the plane circled Timisoara International Airport for almost two hours, using up its fuel to avoid a potential fire before it landed on a 200-yard (200-meter) long bed of foam laid out by firefighters. The Saab 2000 aircraft was carrying 47 passengers and four crew members on its flight from the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, to Timisoara.

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• saab 2000
• landing gear
• carpatair
• chisinau
• timisoara
• foam
• emergency landing
• plane
• aterizare fortata

[IPlatinumI]

Iurie Oleacov and Leonid Vadivski, the 2 pilots, both Moldovans... Happy End, this is important...

[OpelGTC]

Pilotii erau din Rep.Moldova si aveau peste 12000 de ore de zbor.

Superba aterizare!

[Ritzuveveritzu1]

@TheMrSteady

Si eu sunt moldovean...Moldova sau basarabia pentru mine e totuna...nu exista granita intre.

Basarabia e a noastra,deci pilotii sunt romani.

[TheMrSteady]

@Ritzuveveritzu1 sunt piloti moldoveni =D

[MrCriticOfAll]

Love the way the pilot made the plane bow to the crowd :)

[hotelhotel111]

Great landing. Well done Mr. pilot!

[luci66]

what was the reason of the emergency? landing gear failure?

[Ritzuveveritzu1]

Profesori ai aerului...macar 12.000 de euro de bonus pt o asa aterizare.Pacat ca avem aparate din 1900 toamna.Felicitari pilotilor nostri.

[gurubaba95]

My Birthday on 28th Feb :)

[mircea93cj]

dak eram io seful la pilotii aceia le-as da un bonus destul de MARE!

[sergiu23]

mi-e dor de KRP :(