Saturday, May 18, 2013

Plane Lands Without Landing Gear at Newark

A DeHavilland DHC-8 came in hard, early Saturday morning, at Newark Liberty International Airport. The US Airways plane was flying from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Newark, New Jersey.

As they made ready to land, the pilot realized the landing gear were not engaging. The pilot circled the airport several times, all the while trying to get them to deploy.

When it became clear that they would not come down, the decision was made to go ahead with a belly landing. The pilot safely performed the hard landing and no one aboard was hurt.

The runway was closed for about eight hours, while everything was cleaned up. Both the FAA and NTSB are investigating the incident.

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