SWA Nosegear Collapse

[ATA For Now!]

Passenger Jet Crash Lands At Oakland Airport


POSTED: 4:06 pm PDT June 3, 2007
UPDATED: 4:28 pm PDT June 3, 2007

OAKLAND -- At around 4pm on Sunday, a Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing at Oakland International Airport after the planes landing gear apparently malfunctioned caused the plane to skid to a stop on its belly.

KTVU is told that it is a 737 that was headed to Oakland from Sacramento. At this hour we're told no one was injured during flight 3050's emergency landing.

Copyright 2007 by KTVU.com.​

 

[CesnaCaptn]

Passenger Jet Crash Lands At Oakland Airport


POSTED: 4:06 pm PDT June 3, 2007
UPDATED: 4:28 pm PDT June 3, 2007

OAKLAND -- At around 4pm on Sunday, a Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing at Oakland International Airport after the planes landing gear apparently malfunctioned caused the plane to skid to a stop on its belly.

KTVU is told that it is a 737 that was headed to Oakland from Sacramento. At this hour we're told no one was injured during flight 3050's emergency landing.

Copyright 2007 by KTVU.com.​

Upon further investigation I found that the flight was scheduled to fly from SMF to SAN and diverted about half way. I thought this was going to be another shining example of the media giving misinformation (Re: SMF-OAK).

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

http://www.ktvu.com/video/13435054/index.html

Jet Makes Emergency Landing At Oakland Airport

POSTED: 4:06 pm PDT June 3, 2007
UPDATED: 7:54 pm PDT June 3, 2007
OAKLAND -- The nose landing gear of a Southwest Airlines jet collapsed during an emergency landing at Oakland International Airport on Sunday, but none of the 119 passengers or crew were reported injured. Southwest Flight 3050 took off from Sacramento and was scheduled to land in San Diego. But after takeoff the plane reported problems with its landing gear. "The pilot flew out over the water near Oakland to call Southwest and go through the procedures to get gear down," said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilot was diverted to Oakland to land, and on approach had three green lights in the cockpit showing the gear was operating properly, Gregor said. But after landing, the gear at the plane's nose collapsed and the plane skidded down the runway. "Unfortunately, the back landing gear landed just fine but the nose gear went up inside the aircraft and retracted," said airport spokeswoman Cyndy Johnson. All passengers were evacuated to the terminal. There were no injuries, Johnson said, and most passengers were already being put on other flights home. Delays at Oakland International are light, Johnson said, and incoming and outgoing flights are being diverted to an alternate runway.

 

[livethedream]

sounds like they did a good job, no harm no foul

 

[ATRedneck]

the back landing gear landed just fine

The landing gear landed? I thought its job was to hang there while the pilots landed.

the nose gear went up inside the aircraft and retracted

The nose gear going up inside the aircraft is usually the first symptom of gear retraction. This should win an award from the Department of Repetitiveness and Redundancy.

Mucking fedia.

 

[airplane wizard]

Was it a classic or NG?

 

[mokitty]

Was it a classic or NG?

classic

 

[SWA GUY]

Move along folks. Nothing to see here.

 

[YourPilotFriend]

I heard it collapsed under the weight of SWA/FO's ego.

 

[SWA GUY]

I heard it collapsed under the weight of SWA/FO's ego.

I don't get it......