Plane from Newark Crash Lands in Poland [Video]
By Michael Moyer
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American
Earlier today, LOT Polish airlines flight 16 traveling from Newark, N.J., to Warsaw, Poland, crash landed after its landing gear failed to deploy. According to The Aviation Herald, the Boeing 767-300 was at 3,000 feet when the pilots reported an unsafe gear indication. Ground control confirmed that none of the three sets of landing gear were down, and after 80 minutes of troubleshooting, the pilots made a flawless belly landing at Warsaw's Chopin Airport.
No injuries are reported among the 230 people on board. Bravo, pilots.
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UPDATE 11:38am EDT: Looks like the video has already been pulled from YouTube. A Polish TV station has another video (of higher quality) here.
UPDATE 11:41am EDT: There's another video up on YouTube. How long it will last, we can't say:
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