11.1.2011 POLISH LOT 767 EMERGENCY LANDING

[chrisparypa]

Shortly before 3 pm (Warsaw Time) on Tuesday a Lot Polish Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Newark, New Jersey, made an emergency landing at Warsaw's Chopin Airport. The aircraft was unable to deploy its landing gear, and was forced to land with its wheels stowed.



I was watching live that landing on Polish TV... what a great pilot, perfect landing, all 230 Passengers are safe.

REG: SP-LPC
Plane is showing up at JFK once in a while, But the regular rout is EPWA-KEWR or EPWA-KORD

[steve1840]

I can't find this anywhere but here and your FB page Chris....is there any footage of this online?

[chrisparypa]

Yes sir :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6bkv...layer_embedded

[chrisparypa]

2 F-16 Fighters helped with landing and examine the plane before the final approach checking if landing gear is down or not. Like you can see... landing gear up.... Pilot did a great job, perfect landing, Unlivable skills.

Runway was specially setup for that landing. Fire department sprayed the runway with some special foam to prevent fire on touchdown, as you can see there is not a lot of sparks and no fire at all....

Steve you couldn't find this cu it was HOT I posted about 3 minutes after touch down. Probably now you can see it on the news etc

[steve1840]

I'll have to view that on my phone. Damn security on the network at the office won't let me view it.

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

VIDEO: LOT Polish Airlines 767 from Newark Makes Belly Landing in Warsaw

A LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767 from Newark was forced to make a belly landing in Warsaw Tuesday morning due to problems extending its landing gear. No one was injured.
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[Spunker]

Perfect landing by the crew they are to be congratulated. Excellent video.

[cancidas]

just heard the news, once again this is why we pay pilots! now that LO is down to 4 (?) 767s it's time to get the 787s delivered!!


here's another view:

[mirrodie]

OK, the major question here is:

what to do re: Polish jokes.

Do we a) impose a short moratorium on such Polish jokes, given the happy ending we've seen based on great skill....


Or????



b) is it OPEN SEASON on Polish jokes???!!! LOL ;)

[AirtrafficController]

Finally some good news from the Polish aviation sector. Great example of professional airmanship.

[gonzalu]

Wow, I must say it looked smoother than some regular landings I have been in !!

[gonzalu]

I got a shot of her on final for 22L on July 10th this year

[rkfast]

OK, the major question here is:

what to do re: Polish jokes.

Do we a) impose a short moratorium on such Polish jokes, given the happy ending we've seen based on great skill....


Or????



b) is it OPEN SEASON on Polish jokes???!!! LOL ;)

I was gonna post "How many polish guys does it take to lower the landing gear" or some such nonsense, but decided against it, as Im new here and dont want my lousy sense of humor to offend anyone.

Glad to hear Im not the only one thinking this.

Look at it this way..the fact we can joke about it means the situation came to a happy end, right?

[Derf]

thank god it did not ditch in a cemetery.... they would be digging bodies of from the crash for year... I can see the headlines now, Ditching, 187 people survive.... 24823 died in crash!

I am part polish...yes, you always knew there was something about me the was off....

[hiss srq]

A perfect Polish 3 pointer.