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Landing Gear Problems Send Learjet To Lambert
Created: 12/21/2005 9:32:49 AM
Updated: 12/21/2005 10:57:58 AM
(KSDK) - A Learjet which had landing gear problems after taking off from Sprit of St. Louis airport around 8:00 a.m. this morning made a safe emergency landing at Lambert Airport.
According to Dave Nichols, from the Monarch Fire District, the plane was loaded with an hour and a half of fuel and had to burn off that fuel before it could attempt an emergency landing.
Nichols explained that when the plane took off, the front landing gear would not retract. The plane did a fly by over the control tower for a visual inspection. The nose gear appeared to be turned to the left. The pilot it could be locked into place, but would not retract.
The plane had nine people on board, including the crew. The plane is a FlexJet Learjet 45.
Emergency crews stood by at Lambert for the arrival of the plane. The pilot landed gingerly and dropped the nose after the plane had slowed significantly. The nose gear held and the plane made a safe landing.
It is not known at this time where the plane was headed when it took off or who the passengers were on board.
Late Tuesday in Boston, a jetliner with a landing gear problem touched down safely at Logan International after circling the airport for about two hours. Midwest Airlines Flight 210 had 86 passengers and four crew members on board.
Carol Skornicka, a spokeswoman for Milwaukee-based Midwest, said the pilot noticed a problem with the right landing gear shortly after takeoff. The plane was bound for Milwaukee.
And in September, a JetBlue plane landed safely in Los Angeles amid smoke and sparks. That aircraft's front wheels had become stuck in a sideways position.
KSDK/AP
http://www.ksdk.com/videoplayer/player.aspx?aid=28441&bw=
For the video...click above.
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Tex.
Created: 12/21/2005 9:32:49 AM
Updated: 12/21/2005 10:57:58 AM
(KSDK) - A Learjet which had landing gear problems after taking off from Sprit of St. Louis airport around 8:00 a.m. this morning made a safe emergency landing at Lambert Airport.
According to Dave Nichols, from the Monarch Fire District, the plane was loaded with an hour and a half of fuel and had to burn off that fuel before it could attempt an emergency landing.
Nichols explained that when the plane took off, the front landing gear would not retract. The plane did a fly by over the control tower for a visual inspection. The nose gear appeared to be turned to the left. The pilot it could be locked into place, but would not retract.
The plane had nine people on board, including the crew. The plane is a FlexJet Learjet 45.
Emergency crews stood by at Lambert for the arrival of the plane. The pilot landed gingerly and dropped the nose after the plane had slowed significantly. The nose gear held and the plane made a safe landing.
It is not known at this time where the plane was headed when it took off or who the passengers were on board.
Late Tuesday in Boston, a jetliner with a landing gear problem touched down safely at Logan International after circling the airport for about two hours. Midwest Airlines Flight 210 had 86 passengers and four crew members on board.
Carol Skornicka, a spokeswoman for Milwaukee-based Midwest, said the pilot noticed a problem with the right landing gear shortly after takeoff. The plane was bound for Milwaukee.
And in September, a JetBlue plane landed safely in Los Angeles amid smoke and sparks. That aircraft's front wheels had become stuck in a sideways position.
KSDK/AP
http://www.ksdk.com/videoplayer/player.aspx?aid=28441&bw=
For the video...click above.
______________________________________________________
Now we are in the news! Who is next?
Tex.
