A319 United atterra a Newark con il carrello destro retratto
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United Airlines flight makes rough emergency landing at Newark Airport
Monday, January 11, 2010
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A United Airlines Airbus A319, similar to the one involved in the incident.
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United Airlines Flight 634 made a very rough emergency landing yesterday morning when only two of the three landing wheels on the Airbus A319 deployed as the plane was making its final approach into Newark, New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport. After multiple attempts to fix the problem failed, the pilot decided that an emergency landing was the only remaining choice.
Only the plane's nose gear and left landing gear had descended. The right landing gear would not release. The airliner made a go-around as the crew attempted to fix the problem. Passenger Jim Falk knew something was wrong saying, "Normally a big plane like that doesn't do a bypass, so we knew something was wrong."
However, the pilot decided that nothing could be done to bring the gear, an emergency landing was declared. "We are going to have an unusual landing," the pilot calmly announced to the 53 passengers seated on the plane, according to passenger Moritz Loew. Another passenger, Paul Lasiuk said he was more shocked than scared, telling himself, “You have no choice. You’re going to go through this.”
“Brace! Brace! Brace!”, the pilot announced over the plane's public address system, calling for passenger to enter the brace position as the plane made a rough touchdown on the runway at Newark. The plane touched down on the nose wheel and left rear wheel before lurching to the right causing sparks to fly as the right engine skidded along the runway. Eventually, the plane came to stop at 9:27 A.M. EDT.
Afterward, passengers and crew evacuated the plane by sliding down the evacuation slides and moving quickly away from the plane due to fears it might explode. They were then taken by bus to the airline's lounge were they told their stories to investigators and waited for their luggage. Three passengers reported minor injuries but refused treatment.
The emergency landing caused the airport to shut down for 20 minutes, but service quickly resumed on two of the airports three runways. The plane remained on the runway throughout the afternoon as investigators determined the cause of the landing gear failure.
This is in contrast to last week, when the airport was shutdown for six hours after a young man named Haisong Jiang breached security by passing through an exit to kiss his girlfriend goodbye.
According to passengers, the crew remained calm during the ordeal. Jim Falk said, "They did a great job. There was no yelling, screaming, panicking or anything." Falk said he wanted to buy a bottle of Champagne to the currently unnamed pilot. Falk added, “The pilot did a beautiful job. He didn’t put it in the water like the other pilot did, but he should be commended.” What’s a great landing? One that you walk away from.
—Moritz Loew, passenger on United Airlines Flight 634
Martin Trebino, a spokesperson for United Airlines said they would not release the pilot's name on Sunday, but did not indicate when his name would be made available either.
Paul Lasiuk said, “I’ve had a lot of worse landings at Newark before. It was unbelievably smooth.”
Moritz Loew joked with himself afterward saying, “What’s a great landing? One that you walk away from.”
The flight, which left Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Sunday morning around 6 A.M. reported no other problems during the flight up until the incident. According to United Airlines spokesperson Robin Urbanski, it remains unclear why the landing gear failed to deploy. Urbanski added that passengers' tickets would be refunded and that they would receive vouchers and credit towards any future flight.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Related news
Aviation on Wikinews
A United Airlines Airbus A319, similar to the one involved in the incident.
Image: Bill Abbott.
United Airlines Flight 634 made a very rough emergency landing yesterday morning when only two of the three landing wheels on the Airbus A319 deployed as the plane was making its final approach into Newark, New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport. After multiple attempts to fix the problem failed, the pilot decided that an emergency landing was the only remaining choice.
Only the plane's nose gear and left landing gear had descended. The right landing gear would not release. The airliner made a go-around as the crew attempted to fix the problem. Passenger Jim Falk knew something was wrong saying, "Normally a big plane like that doesn't do a bypass, so we knew something was wrong."
However, the pilot decided that nothing could be done to bring the gear, an emergency landing was declared. "We are going to have an unusual landing," the pilot calmly announced to the 53 passengers seated on the plane, according to passenger Moritz Loew. Another passenger, Paul Lasiuk said he was more shocked than scared, telling himself, “You have no choice. You’re going to go through this.”
“Brace! Brace! Brace!”, the pilot announced over the plane's public address system, calling for passenger to enter the brace position as the plane made a rough touchdown on the runway at Newark. The plane touched down on the nose wheel and left rear wheel before lurching to the right causing sparks to fly as the right engine skidded along the runway. Eventually, the plane came to stop at 9:27 A.M. EDT.
Afterward, passengers and crew evacuated the plane by sliding down the evacuation slides and moving quickly away from the plane due to fears it might explode. They were then taken by bus to the airline's lounge were they told their stories to investigators and waited for their luggage. Three passengers reported minor injuries but refused treatment.
The emergency landing caused the airport to shut down for 20 minutes, but service quickly resumed on two of the airports three runways. The plane remained on the runway throughout the afternoon as investigators determined the cause of the landing gear failure.
This is in contrast to last week, when the airport was shutdown for six hours after a young man named Haisong Jiang breached security by passing through an exit to kiss his girlfriend goodbye.
According to passengers, the crew remained calm during the ordeal. Jim Falk said, "They did a great job. There was no yelling, screaming, panicking or anything." Falk said he wanted to buy a bottle of Champagne to the currently unnamed pilot. Falk added, “The pilot did a beautiful job. He didn’t put it in the water like the other pilot did, but he should be commended.” What’s a great landing? One that you walk away from.
—Moritz Loew, passenger on United Airlines Flight 634
Martin Trebino, a spokesperson for United Airlines said they would not release the pilot's name on Sunday, but did not indicate when his name would be made available either.
Paul Lasiuk said, “I’ve had a lot of worse landings at Newark before. It was unbelievably smooth.”
Moritz Loew joked with himself afterward saying, “What’s a great landing? One that you walk away from.”
The flight, which left Chicago's O'Hare International Airport early Sunday morning around 6 A.M. reported no other problems during the flight up until the incident. According to United Airlines spokesperson Robin Urbanski, it remains unclear why the landing gear failed to deploy. Urbanski added that passengers' tickets would be refunded and that they would receive vouchers and credit towards any future flight.
Faccio una domanda a chi è più ferrato di me in materia (e vi assicuro che non è difficile): ma non c'è un sistema ausiliario per far scendere e bloccare i carrelli in caso di emergenza?e se uno di questi non scende non è preferibile lasciare dentro anche gli altri ed atterrare sulla pista ricoperta con speciale schiuma?
Beh complimenti al pilota ed al fatto che il "marcino" (marcione è sopra il 321 
) è duro e resistente . L'importante è che non ci sono feriti se non qualche botta ed un sanissimo spavento (se ho ben tradotto)....
) è duro e resistente . L'importante è che non ci sono feriti se non qualche botta ed un sanissimo spavento (se ho ben tradotto)....Sul C130 (o era il G222 ?) c'era una manovella con scritto "turn 500 turns anticlockwise"
Dev'essere stata una bella soddisfazione per il pilota riuscire a portare a terra un aereo in queste condizioni senza gravi conseguenze. Certo, non è una situazione in cui mi vorrei trovare... :O
In genere la soluzione estrema è la caduta per gravità dei carrelli. Vengono rilasciati e i sistemi di extension sono fatti in modo tale da garantire anche un certo smorzamento dell'urto. Evidentemente qualcosa nelle strutture deve aver avuto dei problemi.
Non è stata spruzzata la schiuma antincendio sulla pista prima dell' atterraggio?
Comunque dopo l' incidente del AF CDG-YYZ e l'atterraggio del US sull' Hutson un altro miracolo da mettere in elenco...
Comunque dopo l' incidente del AF CDG-YYZ e l'atterraggio del US sull' Hutson un altro miracolo da mettere in elenco...
Ultima modifica:
Questo non è affatto un miracolo: è competenza - competenza di un pilota (il comandante), di un altro pilota (il copilota), di un altro pilota (il capopilota), di un sistema che funziona. Quella nello Hudson era un mezzo miracolo: competenza+fortuna.
