Jetblue Gear Problem In LAX

[ilinipilot]

I have a question? Do all the arm chair pilots think the strut is safe to rest the airplane one given that the tires have burst. Why do you not use the rear exits.

I am just curious, and looking for some guidance from people who fly the plane.

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[pilot772]

have a major hyd. failure and barely get the airplane to a small airport in nw iowa. get the plane down with minimal injuries, and oh yeah have Charlston Heston play you in the movie.


MSNBC had CA Al Haines

 

[FlyinScotsman]

How do you get on TV as a expert?


"Gee Whiz!"

You would have to ask Al Haynes.

 

[SKIPPYFIFTY]

J.B. Gear Problem

Kudos to the crew. Outstanding job.

 

[holdon]

Nose cannot freely caster - trust me on this. The rubber will burst and the rims will grind down causing some sparks - nothing more. There is no chance the wheel will suddenly caster to center from 90 degrees offset.

you were right! Wow

 

[miles otoole]

3 cheers to the Airbus engineers. Made the sticks job easy.

 

[aa73]

Great job, JB crew! Couldn't have been any better!

 

[radarlove]

I hope that was the F.O. that was the first one down those airstairs.

 

[ERfly]

MSNBC also said that they were lucky that this happened to the nose landing gear at the front of the plane and not to the nose landing gear under the wings. That's when I turned the channel and listened to Al on CNN. Once O'Reiley was over, Fox when to continuous coverage.

 

[holdon]

That was the Captain. He's one of the best guys you'll ever meet. Great Job Scott!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[radarlove]

Nice landing.

 

[AKAAB]

Trivia - The plane is named Canyon Blue! That's funny because it's the actual name of the new blue color being added to the livery of Southwest airplanes...

Hah!

Kudos to the crew!

Scott? Not Scott P, I hope...that would be too coincidental...

 

[Captain4242]

Super job, Blue!

 

[KSUPILOT]

Git - R - DONE Great Job Guys!

 

[321 busdriver]

Excellent job!

 

[miles otoole]

Passenger said they had to turn off the TVs 4-5 mins prior to landing. If I were a non-aviation pax, I am not sure how I would have felt about this. This will be forgotten in 3 days. BTW, gimmee 25% of your pay.

 

[Airboss]

Great Job, NICE CENTERLINE TRACKING!!!

 

[V-STALL]

Awsome job, give those pilots a raise! (and a beer!)

 

[standaman]

Great Job

I think we should thank the pilots for a nice job.

I think we should thank the airplane Canyon Blue for holding together.

Great Job Jet Blue

 

[miles otoole]

Al sounds drunk."It was amazing, just amazing they were able to keep the aircraft on the runway."
Would have been interesting if this were an RJ with the same outcome. I am sure many RJ pilots would have been clogging the lines to tell them that they make less than 50K a year.

 

[FlyinHigh737]

Great job Jet Blue crew!!!! To all my brother and sister pilots, no matter who you work for, thanks for doing it right day in and day out. My prayers and thoughts go out to each and every one of ya"ll during these tough times.

YOU ARE YOUR BROTHERS KEEPER!!!!

 

[justApilot]

Great job guys!

 

[AKAAB]

Passenger said they had to turn off the TVs 4-5 mins prior to landing. If I were a non-aviation pax, I am not sure how I would have felt about this. This will be forgotten in 3 days. BTW, gimmee 25% of your pay.

If you think about it, it makes sense safety-wise. The passengers need to focus on the Flight Attendants' commands and not make the decision to pop an overwing exit based on news crews' hyperbole and sensationalism. A "non-aviation pax" seeing the sparks on the TV's might be inclined to open the emergency exit in spite of the crew's commands. Thus - zero injuries versus panic and broken ankles.

Reasonable decision in my mind.

 

[gutshotdraw]

I guess those 139 pax on board still think pilots are overpaid prima donnas like the rest of the country...right? Great job JB guys!!!!

 

[Brown Cow]

Looks like the boys did everything right. Great job!

Also, congratulations to all those who frequent this forum for not bringing up the "cleaning" thing in some way, shape or form.

 

[Widow's Son]

I'm p!ssed about the cleaning thing in every way shape and form. (just not sure what it is).

 

[AnimalTale]

HEY SKIPPER, They named an airplane after you, CANYON BLUE!!! DC10 turn ons------>to the good old days!!!


I guess they need to change the Airbus simulator paramaters because on a takeoff abort below 70kts, the nosewheel sometimes collapses.

Cya

 

[FreightNazi]

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

 

[TooBad]

Also Heard on TV they were "dumping fuel"

 

[Mugs]

The same thing happened to an A-319 about 3 years ago. The end result was the same, minus the TV coverage. Interestingly, the problem was the result of improper maintenance by a contract facility.