Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Boeing 767 makes safe belly landing in Poland



A LOT airline Boeing 767 that took off from Newark-Liberty International (NJ) last night made a safe belly landing at Frederic Chopin International Airport in Warsaw Poland earlier today. The flight from Newark NJ was routine until a warning light in the cockpit revealed that the landing gear was not down. A fighter jet did a visual check, emergency preparations were made at the airport including putting foam on the runway, and the pilots circled for 80 minutes dumping fuel. According to media reports, all aboard survived.

Kudos to the pilots!

The CBS affiliate in New York has a nice report about the belly landing with a video that I was unable to embed here. To read their article, view some photos and watch the video, go here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good job! These guys earned their pay this day!

Random Ramblings NJ said...

Yes, I thought it was great landing. I agree, the pilots absolutely earned their pay that day and then some.

Tyler