(CNN) -- A Boeing 767 on a flight from Newark, New Jersey, made a dramatic emergency landing at Warsaw, Poland's Frederic Chopin International airport Tuesday after problems with its landing gear, an airport spokeswoman said. All the passengers on the flight, from Newark Liberty International Airport to Warsaw, are safe and uninjured, she told CNN. Newark Liberty serves the greater New York area.
When I saw this earlier today, I also read that the airport spent over an hour preparing the runway for a landing without any landing gear.
I can only speculate what that involved, probably lots of Vaseline.
stren
I think Vaseline would cause the plane to overshoot the landing strip.
Anyway , great organization from the ground crew as well
Acton
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Originally posted by stren
I think Vaseline would cause the plane to overshoot the landing strip.
Anyway , great organization from the ground crew as well
Yeah, Vaseline was an exaggeration :p
Although I imagine they did something to the runway to reduce the friction between the aircraft and the runway surface.... the first time I saw the video, I was honestly expecting a fire to emerge...
... but I'm merely speculating.
stren
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Originally posted by Acton
Yeah, Vaseline was an exaggeration :p
Although I imagine they did something to the runway to reduce the friction between the aircraft and the runway surface.... the first time I saw the video, I was honestly expecting a fire to emerge...
... but I'm merely speculating.
yeah, they sprayed fire retardant foam all over the runway, and dumped the fuel before landing
Acton
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Originally posted by stren
yeah, they sprayed fire retardant foam all over the runway
Ah, that makes sense. I didn't see that in the article I read earlier.
d-miurge
Take that Iran!
geroin
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Take that Iran!
that was incredible..
BTG
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It's obvious that it wasn't the Pilot who saved the day, infact...it was Yoda.
listen carefully at the 35 second mark in this video, and you'll clearly hear him talking about the darkside.