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Newark Airport closed for UAL5124 landing without nose gear
United Airlines flight lands with nose gear up, closes airport. (www.nypost.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
That's the second (that I know of) Shuttle America,AKA UAL 5124, 170 to land with the nose gear up. Both crews did a great job. Fortunately, they had time to prepare. Notice the height of the rear door and the steep angle of the slide. I've been down the slide in the normal position and it's fast. It's REALLY fast with the tail so high. This aircraft will probably re-enter service in a couple of weeks.
I can confirm airports do not foam runways. My son is an airport firefighter and they do not foam a runway in advance of an aircraft landing. The AFR trucks come at the plane from both ends of the runway and can be at the site within seconds to put foam on the ground and plane if required. As we have seen in several of these incidents very little foam is used and is put down more for safety then need.
Hats off to the pilots; they did a great job.
Hats off to the pilots; they did a great job.
Airports don't foam the runway anymore. First, it wasts tons of foam. Second, in this case, the pilots need to be focused on a smooth lowering of the nose and staying on the center line. Trying to land in the foam would only hamper them. I've been told by a large airport fire department that they need the foam after the aircraft is stopped to prevent a fire. We only have to look back at Jet Blue and another ERJ-170 at IAD. Foam was saved for after the stop. Interesting to note that without a nose gear, the ERJ's tail is quite a bit higher than normal. Passengers going out the rear exits have a very steep slide.
I work at EWR and saw this very plane land with no nose gear. The crew, emergency personnel, controllers, and port authority did a great job in ensuring this emergency landing was done with the minimalist amount of damage done.
I was on UAL86 B777 inbound from Shanghai...4 mins behind. We sidesteped 22L and landed 22R. I am sure we did not have much fuel left after 14 hours from ZSPD.
anything flying into EWR should always have enough fuel for incidents like this. Besides this accident, EWR is the "Go-Around" capital of the world...even on pristine vfr days!!!!
yeah, buddy.lol