John
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An airbus a320 just had an emergency landing in Los Angeles airoprt after the nosewheels came out at a 90 degree angle.
Had to fly about for 4 hours to burn off all the fuel.
Landed safely in the end though.
I'm sure Cyberspunkey will have some more in depth info.
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Nismo
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he probally flew the fucker in flight sim not knowing he was piloting a real one 
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Edd
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seen it on the news this morning
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TNM
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
he probally flew the fucker in flight sim not knowing he was piloting a real one
He will have the pics later 
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vibrio
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4270134.stm
watch the vid
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Jambo
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Im sure cybermoneky will correct me, but am i crazy in thinking everytime theres a problem witha plane its always an airbus???
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Carly
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Fergals a funny name
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Im sure cybermoneky will correct me, but am i crazy in thinking everytime theres a problem witha plane its always an airbus???
Think your right, but thats just because of proberbility. As far as I know Airbusses fly shit loads more than anything else... Oh, and back in the early days they had a design fault which made a couple of them crash (I think). I also think that one of them set on fire and disintegrated when they put TV's in the backs of the seats...
[Edited on 22-09-2005 by ed]
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Jambo
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Fly boeing 
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Cybermonkey
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as a general rule, Airbus are equally reliable as any other large aircraft manufacturer like Boeing, Lockheed (ex), Bombardier, etc etc. there have been a few Airbus' making headlines recently, but its the smaller incidents that even things out that dont make average joe news headlines.
gotta give a round of aplause to the pilot though, extremely tricky landing there, but they are trained for it
in all honesty though, this is total mdeia hype in the day when its so freely available. this is happened many times before...
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John
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Have all the planes that have crashed etc recently not been boeings?
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Carr
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There will no doubt be a mod update comign out for FS04 soon then where you have to land a plane with dodgy landing gear
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Ojc
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Bahh, should be able to land a plane with no wheels FFS.
Look at all the WW2 fighters and bomber pilots that managed to belly land because of damaged hydrolics, fanny jet fighters.
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--Dave--
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what about the gliders that had no landing gear?
wings being ripped off by trees and bushes and stuff. Everyone inside being rattled around like smarties. People falling out and drowning or being crushed to death 
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AJP
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quote:
Originally posted by --Dave--
what about the gliders that had no landing gear?
wings being ripped off by trees and bushes and stuff. Everyone inside being rattled around like smarties. People falling out and drowning or being crushed to death
sounds like a typical night in london really
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--Dave--
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you go gliding in london and crash land?
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Ojc
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Normandy early hours of June 6th 1944.
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--Dave--
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taking over Pegasus bridge weren't we?
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Ojc
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WE MOVED OUR ASS'S IN BIG TIME.
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IvIarkgraham
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i shot peen alot of the parts for airbus planes ---- think of me the next time your on one
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Have all the planes that have crashed etc recently not been boeings?
not at all, in fact the last 6 major air incidents went as follows
1) Boeing 737-200
2) Boeing 747-200
3) Boeing 737-200
4) McDonnell Douglas MD82
5) Boeing 737-300
6) Airbus A340-300
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Carr
There will no doubt be a mod update comign out for FS04 soon then where you have to land a plane with dodgy landing gear
it has that as standard
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