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Newark Airport closed for UAL5124 landing without nose gear
United Airlines flight lands with nose gear up, closes airport. (www.nypost.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Looks like a fine job by the crew. They flew the plane. Not only did everyone walk away with no apparent injuries, the plane will fly again without a heck of a lot of work. Wish there was a video.
flight track: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/TCF5125/history/20120227/2220Z/KATL/KEWR
Aircraft evacuated on the ramp. Looks like the flight crew did a nice job!
Aircraft evacuated on the ramp. Looks like the flight crew did a nice job!
Any idea why they say 6:40pm and there's no flight landing or scheduled to land at that time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SL79atuDcA&feature=player_embedded
Route: From (ATL) Atlanta, GA, US to (EWR) Newark, NJ, US
Duration: 2h 28m
Equipment: Embraer 170 (Scheduled)
Codeshares: This flight marketed as a codeshare flight by the following airlines:
(CO) Continental Airlines 5125
(UA) United Airlines 5125
Duration: 2h 28m
Equipment: Embraer 170 (Scheduled)
Codeshares: This flight marketed as a codeshare flight by the following airlines:
(CO) Continental Airlines 5125
(UA) United Airlines 5125
Airports don't foam the runway anymore. First, it wasts tons of foam. Second, in this case, the pilots need to be focused on a smooth lowering of the nose and staying on the center line. Trying to land in the foam would only hamper them. I've been told by a large airport fire department that they need the foam after the aircraft is stopped to prevent a fire. We only have to look back at Jet Blue and another ERJ-170 at IAD. Foam was saved for after the stop. Interesting to note that without a nose gear, the ERJ's tail is quite a bit higher than normal. Passengers going out the rear exits have a very steep slide.
I was on UAL86 B777 inbound from Shanghai...4 mins behind. We sidesteped 22L and landed 22R. I am sure we did not have much fuel left after 14 hours from ZSPD.