# Airliner With Farked Landing Gear About To Land At LAX **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810 "2005-09-22T00:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/1 "2005-09-22T00:52:42Z")
There’s a JetBlue A320 circling the greater LA area burning off fuel in preparation for an emergency landing due to his front landing gear being stuck about 80 degrees off the centerline. Not to be flip, and I hope nobody gets hurt, but this is a lot better than the usual low-speed car chases they usually show. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/2 "2005-09-22T00:54:01Z")
Watching it on CNN. I hope everything goes well. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/3 "2005-09-22T00:56:44Z")
This is amazing. Fox news had a pilot on the air that had this happen to him in a 737 except that he was unaware of it when he landed. He said the cockpit shook violently but the wheel strut did not break. The tires went flat and the left a big black streak down the runway. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/4 "2005-09-22T00:57:19Z")
I heard about this on my way home. Have been watching CNN and it’s coverage since I got home. I hope for the best for the people onboard. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/5 "2005-09-22T01:07:55Z")
Whoo Hooo! ---
**Author:** ![magpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@magpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magpye)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/6 "2005-09-22T01:08:06Z")
beautiful Landing!!! :d ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/7 "2005-09-22T01:08:13Z")
Just landed, the wheels burned off, but everything else appears ok. No crashing, nothing looking too violent. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/8 "2005-09-22T01:09:25Z")
That was beautiful!!! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/9 "2005-09-22T01:09:38Z")
Great. That guy deserves a raise. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/10 "2005-09-22T01:11:00Z")
Amazingly beautiful - I know they train for it, but it has to be a terrifying situation. Good for that pilot! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/11 "2005-09-22T01:12:42Z")
I wonder if the passengers were watching on TV - JetBlue has TVs in the seats and IIRC CNN is one of the channels you can get… ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Go\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Blue)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/12 "2005-09-22T01:13:13Z")
Holy shit! The jet is full of Cylons! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/13 "2005-09-22T01:18:58Z")
a person on the plane blackberried that they turned off the tvs so they weren’t able to see news stations. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/14 "2005-09-22T01:22:08Z")
Fucking beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/15 "2005-09-22T01:31:04Z")
That was fecking amazing. Talk about a hold-your-breath minute! I’m glad that the NTSB guy on CNN was so emphatic about the probable outcome, or I probably would have peed. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/16 "2005-09-22T01:34:36Z")
That probably had anything else on TV tonight beat, hands down. Praise Be To Merciful Og, and to one heckuva a flight team. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/17 "2005-09-22T01:41:31Z")
Yeah, great job. And that makes two for two. Another airline pilot who had the same thing happen on a 727 in 1989 was on CNN Headline News. In a pre-landing interview he said that his nose gear didn’t collapse but that there was tremendous vibration (I’ll just bet) to the point where you couldn’t see anything on the instrument panel and the cockpit was filled with dust. The plane tracked straight down the runway and came to a normal stop with the nose wheel nearly ground off and the strut still in place. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/18 "2005-09-22T01:52:05Z")
The following kept running through my mind: > [@Robert Stack](#): > > You’re coming in too hot. Ease up on the throttle. > Watch for that crosswind. Aim for the numbers, you’ll > have to dip your left wing. You’re drifting, keep your > eyes on the far end of the runway. You’re too low > damnit! Watch your stall speed. Ease her down, down. > The break . . . pull the red handle. Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/19 "2005-09-22T02:02:45Z")
> [@rocking chair](#): > > a person on the plane blackberried that they turned off the tvs so they weren’t able to see news stations. “Blackberried”? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810/20 "2005-09-22T02:05:45Z")
“Blackberried” - to use a small, hand-held device (trade name “Blackberry”) to send and/or retrieve e-mail [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airliner-with-farked-landing-gear-about-to-land-at-lax/322810.md?page=2)