The JetBlue A320 lands with the nose landing gear stuck at 90 degrees

What happens in this video ?

On September 21, 2005, Jet Blue Airlines flight 292, an Airbus A-320, landed at Los Angeles International Airport, California, with the nose wheels cocked 90 degrees. The 8 crewmembers and 140 passengers were not injured during this spectacular landing.
Before landing, the crew flew for several hours to burn fuel so that they could land at a lighter weight. The cabin crew emptied the first three rows of seats, and moved the baggage as far aft as possible. The plane touched down at 120 knots and held the nose gear off of the ground as long as possible. When the nose gear did touch down, there were sparks and flames from it, but no fire started.

Comments

lucas
Long Islad

(New York)
Wow this video is amazing. This pilot is a very good pilot. I showed this to all my friends. They said wow the pilot is amazing.
10th January, 2022
Brandon
(Us)
What was really amazing was that the people on-board this aircraft were watching the news footage live via the aircraft's on-board DirectTV service. How surreal is that? Watching the aircraft you are riding in in 3rd-Person live via national news.
10th May, 2012
Makky D
Manchester

(England)
Fantastic Flying. Such skill in keeping the nose up for so long yet keeping the plane down.
18th March, 2011
Stig
Notts

(Uk)
Great landing. Even kept it on the centreline the whole way down. If you want to know what a skillfull landing under difficult conditions looks like, this is it. Top pilot.
17th November, 2010
a rasheed
Mardan

(Pakistan)
we shoud proud of such captions
28th October, 2010
robert
Malden

(Mass)
U pplz are so pathedic....likein to watch this stuff acually thinkin this is kool? Wat would happen if u were in that plane?how would u feel? So stop sayin "oh ths is kool" cause really it isn't...its terrifyin to watch
12th August, 2010
ETHAN
THE SPARKS LOOK LIKE FLAMES
1st July, 2010
Coordinator
Los Angeles

(Los Santos)
No smyle!
26th August, 2009
kashif
Kuwait City

(Kw)
this video not to be happy iam praer for God the world is no air crash
12th August, 2009
JOHN KIMANI
Nairobi

(Kenya)
This was a fantastic command and conglatulate the crew commander for the manouver ie burning the fuel coz with the fire spark, an inferno would have erupted which would have meant injuries/fatalities to crew and pax.
9th July, 2009
scotty
Belfast

(N.i)
good landing i love watching planes crash!!
5th March, 2009
Faudy Hamka
Jakarta

(Indonesia)
cool landing, so funny
1st March, 2009
saad
Manama

(Bahrain)
very good seens in this website thanks.
2nd February, 2009
saibudeen
Nagercoil

(India)
I love planes.Smart and brilliant pilot.He landed the flight smoothly.
4th January, 2009
vic K.
It is real. I watched it on live TV. This problem has happened two other times to this type in the US. Once in 1999 and 2007 A Service Bulletin had been issued.
7th August, 2008
Metta
Järvenpää

(Suomi)
I think its simulator.
9th July, 2008
Joe
This is not a real video. It is a computer simulation.
1st July, 2008
stephen cooper
Kristianstad

(Sweden)
I think my friend peter hade been working on the planes wheels the day before now i know why he came back to sweden so fast!!! He now works in a bike shop changing wheels....
27th June, 2008
khaled
Cairo

(Egypt)
he is a very good captain, having a good luck that fire did not catch the aircraft body(fuselag)
12th June, 2008
Hidayatullah
Karachi

(Pakistan)
this video is not joyfull
29th May, 2008
Kevin S Morrow
Newquay

(Cornwall)
This must be an maufunction to the front steering wheel becuase it is facing right or left and when the plane land's it ripped off the tires.
22nd May, 2008
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