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Jet Blue Airbus nose gear failure on landing Thursday, 14 October 2010 - 6:57 AM SL Time |  | |
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Bonggo
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 14 Oct 2010 06:33:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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One of the best landing shots.
Wonder if the pilot was aware of the problem with the landing gear! |
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 14 Oct 2010 17:04:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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One of the best landing shots.
Wonder if the pilot was aware of the problem with the landing gear!
Of course the captain knew he had landing gear /under carriage problem at least 10 -15minutes before landing approach.
Captain must have received two warning lights as he tried to retract the plane's landing gear. The light indicates there were problems with the shock absorber and steering on the nose gear. He then contacted the flight control tower to clear him for emergency landing.
Looks like the nose gear of this air craft had rotated 70-90 degrees and become locked in the down position. That s why the air craft took a long time to set the nose gear before landing, this gives enormous pressure and uneven weight balance in rest of the fuselage and eventually nose landing gear brakes in many pieces and the front fuselage(cockpit) gets severe damaged and in some cases catches fire. This Captain is an experience pilot who did not stress the air craft and he had managed to bring the whole air craft only on back wheels until he touched down with a nose gear. If you watch the whole scenario then you may understand what I am saying.
Look how he is taxing on middle of the runway, normally it does not occur when a plane have a normal landing procedure. This air craft looks similar to a Boeing 737-800 or an Air Bus A-320.
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 15 Oct 2010 08:57:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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MCLAREN,
There s no question ,Pilot did the best.
Wouldn t it have been better if the reverse thrust was executed much earlier ? Have a look at the left side engine again. Flaps are set to full, thats quite ok. But i don t see the reverse thrust, do you ? |
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15 Oct 2010 14:41:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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Wouldn t it have been better if the reverse thrust was executed much earlier ?
No
Have a look at the left side engine again. Flaps are set to full, thats quite ok.
Yes I did. Flaps are full set, nothing unusual.
But i don t see the reverse thrust, do you?
I can see Reverse thrust is not open. Reverse thrust should not be opened in this particular incident, you know why? This aircraft landing gear had a severe problem and the pilot knew what s was ahead on him. Jet liner reduces its speed every second before a normal touchdown and pilot have to maintain a specific speed for landing (normal landing) if any pilot executes reverse thrust earlier then Air craft will drop down like a DUCK on her belly within seconds. Reverse thrust is sometimes selected on idling engines to eliminate residual thrust, particularly in icy or slippery conditions.Thrust reversers are used by many jet aircraft to help slow down just after touch-down, reducing wear on the brakes and enabling shorter landing distances
Thrust reversal, also called reverse thrust, is the temporary diversion of an aircraft engine's exhaust or changing of propeller pitch so that the thrust produced is directed forward, rather than aft. This acts against the forward travel of the aircraft, providing deceleration. Thrust reversers are used by many jet aircraft to help slow down just after normal touch-down, reducing wear on the brakes and enabling shorter landing distances.
Edited By - MCLAREN - 15 Oct 2010 14:47:29 GMT |
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15 Oct 2010 16:07:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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Jet liner reduces its speed every second before a normal touchdown and pilot have to maintain a specific speed for landing (normal landing) if any pilot executes reverse thrust earlier then Air craft will drop down like a DUCK on her belly within seconds
Of course !
Thrust reversers are used by many jet aircraft to help slow down just after normal touch-down
This is what i meant . In this case not immediately after normal touch down ,but little bit later as the defected front gear touches the ground.
Pardon me for wrong spelling your name.
No worries !
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15 Oct 2010 16:28:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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| I don't get it, in a case like this the airport fire crew spray a foam to create a layer that reduces friction and prevents/extinguishes fire on the runway. Here there seems to be nothing of the sort. Perhaps the pilot or the air traffic control tower wasn't aware of this. |
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15 Oct 2010 19:10:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Gayan1
The pilot was aware what was going on, he immediately contacts air tower control to get priority clearance which means automatically the ground crews are all aware and is taking whatever precautions they need to take when air craft approaches its last stages for landing.
It all depends on how serious the Air craft is damaged, fire fighters and other crew standby outside the runway and wait for the shift leader is permission to approach the air craft. In this case both air tower control personnel and ground crew personnel had a visual contact to judge the scale of damage, they were nearby but the person who filmed this image did not focus his camera to any other place other than to the air craft itself, simple as that. It was not a MY DAY, MAY DAY problem.
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18 Oct 2010 02:24:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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MCLAREN F1,
You seem to know a lot bout these stuff.. thanx. |
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14 Oct 2010 15:29:26 GMT