Fokker F-100 Gear Up landing at Stuttgart, Germany

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BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A plane carrying a senior political leader and others made an emergency landing at the airport in Stuttgart, Germany on Monday, an airline spokeswoman said.

One passenger suffered a minor injury. A crew member was taken to a hospital for evaluation, said the spokeswoman for Contact Air, which operated the flight. She declined to be named, citing company policy.

The Fokker 100 jet left Berlin with 73 passengers and five crew members. It was preparing to land at Stuttgart when the crew encountered difficulties deploying the rear landing gear.

After several unsuccessful attempts, the pilots made an emergency landing after ground crew had sprayed the runway with foam, the spokeswoman said.

Passengers left plane via emergency slides. One passenger sprained an ankle, and a crew member was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09 ... index.html
Low Quality video of the landing: http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/vid ... 67740.html

[PhilDernerJr]

Does anyone know if the injuries were only from the evac, or was there anything due to the landing itself?

It's one thing for a nosegear to not drop, but these main gear landing are more rare and more scary.

[DHG750R]

It looks like it was a recent addition to the Contactair fleet. freshly painted in the LH colors .. sad

[PhilDernerJr]

VIDEO: http://nycaviation.com/2009/09/15/video ... t-on-belly