BREAKING NEWS: Crippled Passenger Plan Requires Emergency L.A. Landing (SUCCESSFUL)
AP reports: “A JetBlue airliner with faulty landing gear was headed for an emergency landing Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport after its front wheels were turned sideways and unable to retract into the plane following takeoff from a nearby airport.”
“The plane carrying 139 passengers left Bob Hope Airport in Burbank at 3:17 p.m. for New York’s JFK airport, said JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin.”
The JetBlue airliner continues (3 hours) circling LAX in order to burn off fuel before attempting the emergency landing. Fire crews and ambulances are standing by along the runway.
FOXNews is carrying live coverage.
Michelle Malkin has more, including weather report.
UPDATE: 6:19PM PST
Landing is SUCCESSFUL!!!
Watching it live on television, we could see the plane stayed on the runway and didn’t veer off line even in the slightest. [Correction]
“Pilot Scott Burke, on his first trip to Los Angeles, was reported to have told Los Angeles Mayor Villarigosa, tongue-in-cheek, that after landing that he was upset that he was 6 inches off the centerline of the runway.*”
Hat’s off to the pilot and crew. These are the folks you want when you’re flying, for sure.
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September 21st, 2005 at 6:32 pm
Breaking: Jet Blue Flight 292 to Make Emergency Landing
The news networks are being dominated be a Jet Blue airliner with 139 passengers onboard. The flight was taking off from Burbank, CA on its way to New York City when the pilot received a warning in the cockpit that…
September 21st, 2005 at 6:41 pm
My goodness, you guys are on top of it! My husband, children and I prayed for the flight as we watched it circle around and finally land. You never know how these things will end. The pilot was clearly talented and with prayer it was a success.