Jet Blue airliner lands with broken nose gear

September 21, 2005 

JetBlue Flight 292, en route to New York's JFK Airport from Burbank, California, encountered nose gear malfunctions shortly after takeoff. It safely landed three hours later at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with no apparent injuries. 
The pilots first realized something was wrong when the landing gear failed to retract; television footage showed that the plane's front wheels were pointing sideways, perpendicular to the plane's body. The plane was diverted to Long Beach Airport, where it tried and failed to land, and then on to LAX, which has better emergency facilities. The aircraft circled near the airport for several hours to burn fuel; the Airbus A320 aircraft is not designed to dump fuel. 
Commentators predicted that the nose gear would either snap off, immediately twist to parallel upon touch down, or withstand the friction from the landing while remaining at a 90 degree angle.
Jet Blue airliner lands with broken nose gear September 21 , 2005 JetBlue Flight 292 , en route to New York 's JFK Airport from Burbank , California , encountered nose gear malfunctions shortly after takeoff . It safely landed three hours later at Los Angeles International Airport ( LAX ) with no apparent injuries . The pilots first realized something was wrong when the landing gear failed to retract ; television footage showed that the plane 's front wheels were pointing sideways , perpendicular to the plane 's body . The plane was diverted to Long Beach Airport , where it tried and failed to land , and then on to LAX , which has better emergency facilities . The aircraft circled near the airport for several hours to burn fuel ; the Airbus A320 aircraft is not designed to dump fuel . Commentators predicted that the nose gear would either snap off , immediately twist to parallel upon touch down , or withstand the friction from the landing while remaining at a 90 degree angle .
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