Plane emergency landing
 

There is a plane just about to make an emergency landing in LA. On CNN right now.

It's front landing wheels are pointed sideways.

On CNN right now almost ready to land.

Oh dear God, this strikes a major nerve with me. Circumstances were different, but I do have some idea of what those passengers are going through. My TV is now on, I am hoping and praying for the best. Thanks for the heads up.

I have no TV, what happened? CNN on line is not current. Thanks!

I just started watching, but it looks like the plane is still in the air. I'll post back when they land.

Look at MSNBC.
R5

Nose gear is bent (twisted) and the pilot noticed it shortly after takeoff LA to JFK.

OK, they are flying around over the ocean in order to burn as much fuel as possible before landing. As mentioned above, the wheels are at a 90 degree angle, exactly sideways. They will land in about 10 minutes.

It's a Jet Blue flight that left Burbank Airport a while ago and realized that it's landing gear wasn't working. They are trying to land at LAX. Haven't landed yet.

In LA they are saying it will not land for at least another 60 minutes - but before dark.

My TV station here in San Diego is talking to a AA pilot-he says the danger of this landing on a scale of 1-10 is about a 1 or 2. I sure hope he's right. I am definitely saying prayers for all those people.

TV in LA now says it will land within the next 16 minutes - by 6 PM Scary.

They are coming in now for a landing. at LAX.
God bless them!

Please let me know what happens as I can't seem to get the MSNBC video on my computer and I have no TV and little radio reception. God Bless!

I don't know whether to watch or turn the channel.

I have CNN on right now and they have a split screen w/one shot of the plane and the other showing all the emer. equipment on the runway.

My husband is a supervisor for an airline and said definitely only a 1-2 on a scale also of 10........
they should be fine....

As soon as they land the tires will probably blow out my hub said..but they should definitely be fine....

SunnyD--I hope your husband is right. I can't imagine what those passengers are going through right now...I especially worry about any babies onboard who are not strapped in carseats.

seeksocean, I was about to go to the store before I saw this thread. I am now glued to the TV so I will get back with you immediately.

A word of encouragement--help is standing by, and that makes a huge difference. In my situation it was a fire that caused our emergency landing. I was so thankful that the firefighters were right there on the runway to put out the fire when we landed and to catch us when we came down the slides. It really does make a difference. Let's send out our positive Fodor's vibes to LA.

As a mom of twins wander, I hear you..........
Very scary,we travel alot but always still get nervous flying.....

Since this is the only means of knowing what's going on, how long until attempted landing?

very, very soon.

140 passengers on board, 6 crew.

Keep this girl in the boonies posted please! I fly a lot and have lots of near misses on planes....more than I should have.

OWJ, I'm with you...not sure I want to watch.

I'm with you OWJ. My heart is in my throat and I'm not sure I want to watch either.

theyll be ok guys..Keep the faith...
scary thing to have to go through..they have to wait to burn most of the fuel....so who knows how long it will take..They have to carry enough fuel to fly plus an extra hr. of fuel supposedly..if they hit bad weather or soemthing...like that...just rambling here........

They say they Are foaming the runway, they want to keep the sparks down, landing at about 95 mph..the nose gear will collapse and that is when the sparks will fly .. they say it will be rough but they have done these before..from his mouth to Gods ears!

I'm having a tough time with this too, yet I cannot tear myself away.

At least this plane has the opportunity to burn off their fuel, and that is good. When my plane was on fire, there was no time to dump or burn fuel, we had to land with a full load which is not a safe thing to do, but we still made it. This plane will be almost on empty when they land and that will help. sunnydelite is right, keep the faith.

I don't know whether I am glad for limited access to media or not. All I have are you guys to let me know what's up. Thank you!

believe..........

Well, they haven't shut down operations at the airport yet, so they may still be burning fuel (this plane cannot dump fuel). They've been in the air for 3 hours, burning approx. 6,000 gallons of fuel an hour.

I'm looking at it right now, and the wheels look down to me??

Belle

This is very hard to watch.

It seems to have landed safely

What an amazing landing. That pilot and all the crew are heroes.

THEY'RE SAFE!!!! THANK GOD!!!!

Praise God and bless the pilots!

They did it. No problem

Wheew! they're down!

Belle

Thank God!

Amazing. I'm shaking. I'm so glad that fire went out.