KPDX From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 2526 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 10769 times:
Live feed from CNN.com, front page under "Latest News".
Looks like a Lear 45
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Clecofan From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 5 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10729 times:
Right now a expert for fox news is saying that the front gear is twisted. and will land at approx 07:30 PST
and that it is a lear jet that started out in Teculma CA in route to Palm Desert, CA
Dsmflyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 401 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10661 times:
And the 24-hour news stations rejoice. They love a good plane emergency.
Hiflyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 2118 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10615 times:
N55AR out of French Valley for Bermuda Dunes diverting to KONT burning off fuel doing circles SE of the airport at 5000.
ChiGB1973 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1605 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10557 times:
Mexicana757 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 2958 posts, RR: 30 Reply 8, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10529 times:
It's also being showed on CNN Headline News. But its on a split screen with the Anna Nicole Smith hearing.
Juventus From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 2835 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10338 times:
Here's the thing, the emergency-checklist on some airplanes will actually guide you to retract the gear in that event, and do a gear up landing. They think its better to land it on its belly than to runoff the side of the runway. This lear had the same problem Jetblue had, only less severe.
Norcal773 From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 1280 posts, RR: 12 Reply 12, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10290 times:
Umzy From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2007, 23 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10290 times:
Quoting Juventus (Reply 12): Here's the thing, the emergency-checklist on some airplanes will actually guide you to retract the gear in that event, and do a gear up landing. They think its better to land it on its belly than to runoff the side of the runway
Yeah, i did see this landing and it was quite like that i.e. The Main landing gears were touched and rolled up for a quite long then a usual time BUT it then touched the Node Gear on Runway (not in side runway , maybe because it was a small jet?) .
Anyways , I'm now thinking what would pilots and on-board passengers were thinking when they were going in circles to waste fuel .
Highflier92660 From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 594 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 10248 times:
Quoting Pilotdude09 (Reply 9): It's also being showed on CNN Headline News. But its on a split screen with the Anna Nicole Smith hearing.
A Lear 55 making an emergency landing at ONT juxtaposed with the Anna Nicole Smith fiasco: Surely the end of civil society as we know it.
Quoting Juventus (Reply 12): Here's the thing, the emergency-checklist on some airplanes will actually guide you to retract the gear in that event, and do a gear up landing.
Is it possible on some A/C to have only the mains extended when the problem is limited to the nose gear? It seems to me this would be preferable to having a faulty nose gear extended with the mains, or no gear extended at all, especially if it had been a wing mounted bird.
Juventus From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 2835 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 9823 times:
Quoting SSTsomeday (Reply 16): Is it possible on some A/C to have only the mains extended when the problem is limited to the nose gear?
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 17, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 9756 times:
Quoting Clecofan (Reply 3): Teculma CA in route to Palm Desert, CA
Fly a Lear for a 44nm flight. Wow what a waste.
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KELPkid From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 5934 posts, RR: 4 Reply 18, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 9736 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 18): Fly a Lear for a 44nm flight. Wow what a waste.
It could have been a charter flight re-positioning, a ferry from maintenance, etc...I agee, though, that if it was carrying the person intending to use it, that is quite wasteful over a distance that should be driven.
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N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 19, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 9697 times:
Quoting KELPkid (Reply 19): It could have been a charter flight re-positioning, a ferry from maintenance
I have a hard time believing that given that it came from LAX the flight previous.
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ONTFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 378 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 7240 times:
Glad everything turned out well this morning. Just a follow up to the story, the Lear actually landed at Chino (KCNO) and not ONT as previously reported. The plane circled over the Ontario area to burn off fuel before finally diverting to KCNO. A job well done to the pilot.
ATCme From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 304 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 5328 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 17):
Fly a Lear for a 44nm flight. Wow what a waste.
Quoting N1120A (Reply 17): distance that should be driven
I agree, it is a waste, but remember, it is California. If the passenger's time was very important then it really isn't that much of a waste, seeing as it could take hours to drive that distance during rush hour.
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N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 22, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 5129 times:
Quoting ATCme (Reply 22): I agree, it is a waste, but remember, it is California. If the passenger's time was very important then it really isn't that much of a waste, seeing as it could take hours to drive that distance during rush hour.
First, I am from California. Second, the traffic is overrated. Third, at that time of morning, the traffic is non-existant.
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Jerald01 From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 161 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (6 years 3 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 2705 times:
Quoting N1120A (Reply 22): First, I am from California. Second, the traffic is overrated. Third, at that time of morning, the traffic is non-existant.
I can believe one of these three statements. Care to guess which one?
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