Boeing 767 forced landing on belly in Warsaw - today [vid]
 

mad skills




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ds-wheels.html

was that some kind of test? normally there is at least one backup to get the landing gear down

hopefully they dumped a ton of fuel

polacks can't fly

old news

The pilot was forced to bring the Boeing 767 in to land at Warsaw airport with no wheels after all its landing gear failed.

While the plane circled the Polish capital for an hour, dumping excess fuel and repeatedly trying to solve the problem, ground crews prepared for a crash landing, closing the airport to all other flights and clearing nearby streets.

Notice how tweaked the wing gets... like 8 feet of deformation without snapping like a twig...

Yap it happened today, sorry that I was slow, next time I'll post something before it happens ;)

That's a lot smoother than my few landings WITH wheels.

Nice vids. Looks legit, they had a shit ton of firetrucks and rescuers out there right away.l

is it even possible for planes to dump fuel? I always thought that was a myth...

secondly, why the hell aren't there secondary options for planes wheels? would it not be worth the money considering a landing like this ruins your plane forever...

Just saw this on the news there. Props to the pilot !!

omggggggggggggg

Okay, that took skill!

What an incredible landing!

Nice landing

If I'm not mistaken, I believe they just circle the airport consuming fuel as I don't think they have fuel dump systems on modern airliners, besides, I would think you would want all the time you could to get the landing gear working again, if at all possible. Also, I dont think that environmentalists wouldn't be kosher with a fuel dump.

Fuel dumping is real but not all airplanes are equipped to dump fuel. The A380 that had a catastrophic engine failure leaving Singapore last year had to dump fuel. Different A380, but here is a video from on board of a plane dumping fuel:

I'm surprised, but given the risk to life, I guess that trumps all. I wonder how an environmentalist would feel on a plane that was dumping fuel.. hehe

WHo the fuck allowed Poland to have to airplanes?

I'm Polish. We should know better.

I'm not sure if it wasn't a plain from the USA.. but maybe I'm wrong :)

hate fucking flying, cant imagine pilot announcing plane will be landing with no landing gear.... wow

A friend of mine was a pilot in the Sudan and had a contract to fly UN officials around. He had to belly land once and said it was actually a very smooth landing.

He had a guy from the UN with him whom said "that wasn't bad for a crash landing".

He said other than the prop being damaged from the ground strike, the under belly of the plane wasn't badly damaged. (was dirt run way)

Anyway they say and he confirmed it, that belly landings aren't that rough.. Granted with a large passenger jet might be a bit more interesting.

Why? It's way better then to drive for x amount of hours...

Pretty scary

That would be great so that we know when something bad like the end of the world is coming :1orglaugh

fuel dumping systems are mandatory on some planes depending on a ratio between their max take-off weight and max landing weight. 767's depending on purchase configuration and/or manufacturer might have dumping systems.

because when you drive you in control and even if you get into accident you'll be fine (90% of the time), with flying you trust your life to a few guys and if let's say engine dies you're a goner vs car will just stop....

dirt run way is different than asphalt run way in this case of no wheels landing

With pilots like that, then you don't need to be afraid of flying...respect :thumbsup