I also keep thinking of a video from a few years ago, when a Jet Blue airliner had a stuck landing gear facing sideways, and tried to land the plane that way. The plane did land safely, but the front tire was ground down.
I also keep thinking of a video from a few years ago, when a Jet Blue airliner had a stuck landing gear facing sideways, and tried to land the plane that way. The plane did land safely, but the front tire was ground down.
I had a friend who was a pilot in Vietnam and flew in the reserves when he came back. He told me once that any dummy could fly an airplane in the air, but a "pilot" is really paid for emergencies.
Look at the angle at which the plane is coming down! You'd imagine that the pilot would have realized that he was not in a good position to land and would have pulled up.