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Article Source: MSN
A Boeing 767 has made an emergency landing at Warsaw airport after its landing gear failed to operate.
Watch the video, to see a near perfect landing without the undercarriage being deployed. The pilot deserves to be rewarded for his brilliant ability here.
I just had to put this up on the vine. The pilot bought this aircraft down without any panic. His ability to land the damaged aircraft is outstanding. Has anyone got a scary story about being in a similar situation?
#1 - Tue Nov 1, 2011 4:18 PM EDTyes, and with limited fuel to provide the reverse thrust too. Hi good to see you back. Thats you back, not your back BTW. hahahahahaha
Jo.ex,
Reverse thrust is not going to work very well when a '67 is using its engine cowlings as wheels. Not to mention, the airplane will stop soon enough. Fuel is burned to the minimum needed for landing to lessen fire potential.
Yeah - I saw it on BBC World tonight - pretty neat. Best thing - everyone is alive, albeit a bit traumatised. Worst thing - hell, one seriously damaged runway cost a few million to fix. Brilliant landing though considering the odds of keeping that old bucket in one piece.
#2 - Tue Nov 1, 2011 7:35 PM EDTTERESA OLEARY Yeah - I saw it on BBC World tonight
Hi Teresa, thank you for calling round, you seem to have a Brtish Cipher?
Jo Teresa is a fellow brit. Ex-pat living in Greece? Is that right Teresa? I am sure you said Greece?
Yeah - a Londoner, Jo. Living In Cyprus at present. Got a crappy Middle East satellite system but it does zoom in at least on the BBC - not sure how long for though. These things can be a bit temporary in this part of the World.
And kudos to those Union workers at Boeing for their superior structure, minus any cost-cutting materials of the free market. Lives saved.
#3 - Tue Nov 1, 2011 8:19 PM EDTYeah - these old buckets are built by the old school, Story... with proper nails and bolts.. not some kind of staple gun on a production line. Heard the latest liner (Dreamliner??) is built from a new type of Plastic - crickey, sounds like clip-together Lego.
Ouch!! I was a copilot on one of those "old buckets" shortly after they first came out. Where do the years go?
Wow, Skydog - that's something. Old Buckets I use more as a term of endearment... just goes to show that everything that is Old is not necessarily Useless. In fact a lot more robust and reliable then new models. THAT is one solid aircraft built with the old Recipe Book!...
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