Jet Blue Emergency Landing
 On Wednesday, September 21, 2005 JetBlue Flight 292, crippled by faulty landing gear, circled Southern California for hours. 140 passengers watched their own life-and-death drama unfolding on live television. The Airbus A320 had just departed Bob Hope Airport in Burbank for New York when the pilots discovered the landing gear trouble. The front wheels were stuck in the sideways position. The jet stayed in flight for about three hours to burn off fuel before it was finally cleared for landing at LAX. The pilot brought the plane down, back wheels first. As he slowly lowered the nose gear, the stuck wheels erupted in smoke and flames, which quickly burned out. Emergency crews met the plane on the runway. No one was injured in the incident. Hal Fishman, an accomplished pilot, provided live commentary and expert analysis on KTLA as the events unfolded. Click for video
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