JetBlue emergency landing (merged)

[dal72]

"I heard on TV that the crew did an autolanding, that's why it looked so good."

I don't think that they would do an autoland in this kind of situation

 

[User546]

I heard on TV that the crew did an autolanding, that's why it looked so good.

It looked like they touched down quite a bit past the blocks. If I understood autolandings correctly, that should plop you down right on the 1,000 foot marks, correct?

 

[FreightNazi]

It looked like they touched down quite a bit past the blocks. If I understood autolandings correctly, that should plop you down right on the 1,000 foot marks, correct?

It is an Airbus afterall!

 

[cforst513]

It is an Airbus afterall!

i was waiting for the conversation to take this turn....

 

[waka]

I know, this goes into the Monday morning QB category; Does anybody else think that maybe they should have put a stand under the nose jack point asap? Before off-loading pax?

 

[English]

I know, this goes into the Monday morning QB category; Does anybody else think that maybe they should have put a stand under the nose jack point asap? Before off-loading pax?

Yeah I thought of that, but I didn't want to post it because I thought it would be in poor taste.

 

[User546]

Didn't take long for photos of this to hit the net!

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=926274&size=L

 

[atrdriver]

How likely is it that JBU292 would be on socal approach seeing as how this is an emergency? Also, haven't spotted any orbitting A320 on passur yet ..

It's very likely that they would be on SOCAL approach. They don't change to different freq's just because you have an emergency.

 

[atrdriver]

I'll be the first to admit that I don't know much about aviation, but doesn't this underscore how dangerous it is to not have fuel dumping facilities available? In order to avoid an overweight landing, the aircraft in distress must orbit for god knows how long with whatever problems they're having as opposed to just dumping the fuel and making an immediate landing.

If you have a bad enough problem you make the overweight landing. Having a gear stuck in the wrong position isn't a problem that makes the a/c unflyable. Having the pumps and plumbing to be able to dump fuel takes a lot of weight and expense that is better used on other things.

 

[cforst513]

how big/deep of a gouge do you think the nose gear left in that runway? is it closed indefinitely now, do you think?

 

[ultrarunner]

So, have they found the mechanic that has the torque-link pin in his back pocket yet!

 

[English]

25L is open.

 

[jaxpilot]

One of the guys that Fox interviewed said "these guys have the best training, they are airline pilots not general aviation pilots".... some people think all GA is some old guy flying around in a Cub, I wanted to strangle the dude.

 

[FL000]

Here's a great quote from AP:

Crippled Jet Lands Safely at L.A. Airport
Sep 21 9:24 PM US/Eastern


LOS ANGELES


A JetBlue airliner with its front landing gear stuck sideways safely landed Wednesday, balancing on its back wheels as it slowed on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

 

[jaxpilot]

and also they made it seem like touching down with the mains first was unusual. According to them, 3 point landings are normal. Gotta love the knowledgeable media.

 

[TonyC]

Any plane with brakes can do differential steering.

Not true. MD-11 is a case in point.




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[VNugget]

Why didn't they use spoilers?

 

[SiuDude]

Why didn't they use spoilers?

Less elevator authority. A little extra lift was a good thing.

 

[Grumman guy]

Muy Bueno gentlmen!!!

 

[TDTURBO]

The pilots did a great job, maybe too great. I bet they change the SOP for that emergency to include, stay off centerline.


Notice in the video that every time the metal hit the magnesium based paint, it lit up like a blow torch, then went out over the asphalt. Keeping it off the paint, or changing to a different based paint might be discussed after today.