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Title: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: MP-Ryan on November 01, 2011, 04:14:53 pm
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightblogger/2011/11/video-lot-767-300er-makes-gear.html

That had to leave a mark, not to mention a brown stain or two in passenger's underwear.
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: headdie on November 01, 2011, 04:23:32 pm
Serious respect to the flight crew for pulling that one off
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: Nuke on November 01, 2011, 04:36:08 pm
belly landing, there's a checklist for that!
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: Mongoose on November 01, 2011, 04:45:51 pm
Mad props to the pilot's Balls of Steele.
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: NGTM-1R on November 01, 2011, 05:23:25 pm
What is it about 767s that means they get stuck doing all the insane things?
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: jr2 on November 01, 2011, 05:49:25 pm
Video link from the bottom of that article: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-N1L82VVoM

HD image copied from aircraft-spotting.org to tinypic for faster loading:

(http://i44.tinypic.com/a2bwwj.jpg)
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: Sololop on November 01, 2011, 06:51:35 pm
If theres one way to earn respect around the workplace, thats got to be it.
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: Klaustrophobia on November 01, 2011, 11:49:21 pm
just what the hell does the pilot say on the intercom to the passengers in such a situation?

"Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we ask you to please fasten your seatbelts securely, grab hold of your ankles and tuck your head between your legs as we make our final approach without landing gear into warsaw.  The flight attendants will be around to collect your full vomit bags shortly after touchdown."
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: Sushi on November 02, 2011, 12:30:05 am
Apparently it was smooth enough that a lot of people thought the wheels had come out after all. Looking at the video, I believe it, and I'm impressed by the piloting and engineering that made it possible.
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: Grizzly on November 02, 2011, 08:41:25 am
Last week there was this Boeing in Iran which made the landing without the nose gear (which to me sounds  a bit harder somehow - though it probalby is not)

And then there was that plane that managed to land in the Hudson bay just after Obama was elected.

I like good news :P.
Title: Re: A 767 makes a gears-up landing in Warsaw
Post by: Nuke on November 02, 2011, 10:02:30 am
yea, the aircraft slows down considerably before the nose wheel hits the tarmac. you even have enough lift to keep the nose off the ground so that you can apply breaks with the working wheels (it would take some considerable coordination to balance out the breaking torque with the counterlift from the horizontal stabilizer), so you wouldn't even really need to set the nose down until below highway speed.