U.S. Air Plane Lands Without Front Wheels

No Injuries In Philadelphia As Landing Gear Fails To Deploy

(AP)  A US Airways Express airliner slid down a runway Sunday during an emergency landing without its nose landing gear. No injuries were reported.

The Philadelphia-bound deHavilland Dash-8 turboprop, operated by Piedmont Airlines, took off from Allentown at about 8:20 a.m. with 35 passengers and three crew members, according to officials of the airline and Philadelphia International Airport.

Before the scheduled landing at Philadelphia, the crew got an indication that the landing gear was not down and did a flyover to confirm that the nose wheels had not deployed, airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica said.

Fire crews spread foam on the runway as a precaution before the landing at about 9:20 a.m.

The plane skidded down the runway on its nose, but there was no smoke or fire, Lupica said. Passengers were taken to the terminal by bus.

The cause was being investigated, said US Airways spokesman Morgan Durrant. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board also were investigating, Lupica said.

The airport had to be closed for about 25 minutes, Lupica said.

It reported some flights delayed more than two hours around midday while the plane remained on one of the four runways. That runway reopened in the early afternoon, and most flights were running on time, Lupica said.

[rixmix98]

..."Air Plane?".....

Posted by nikosk11 at 10:59 AM : Nov 17, 2008



I believe it''s a plane owned by US Air.

[observer2020]

..."Air Plane?".....
Posted by nikosk11

I got a good laugh about that too.

[nikosk11]

..."Air Plane?".....

[observer2020]

Definitely any landing you can walk (or run) away from is a good landing. Fantastic job to the pilot and kudos to the crew.

[airboatboy1]

What''''s the big deal? Gravity did most of the work...


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Posted by earache4 at 06:23 PM : Nov 16, 2008


I would like to see your face if you were on that plane.

[yongamerica]

any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.
Good Job to the pilots and fire crews.

[hissteps4u]

Safe is not exactly a relative term when it comes to airplanes there will always be mechanical failures no matter how many redundant systems there may be. Stuff happens all the time.

We are lucky there are not more such issues which happen and cause death..

[earache4]

"U.S. Air Plane Lands Without Front Wheels"

What''s the big deal? Gravity did most of the work...

[mkrajca]

Back in my pilot days we called these aircraft "the Crash 8". I thought they took care of all the safety issues with this model? God bless the pilots and all the safe souls on board.