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Belly landing at KEWR

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RonR:
Piedmont 4560 had to make a belly landing at Newark Airport early Saturday morning at around 1:00AM local time.  The flight crew could not get the landing gear to come down.  There were no injuries.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/05/18/us-airways-plane-makes-unusual-belly-landing-at-newark-airport/

You can see the FlightAware track here:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE4560/history/20130518/0254Z/KPHL/KEWR

There does not appear to be any audio available for this flight; the various KEWR feeds may have been down at the time of the incident.

Ron

RonR:
Some pictures and video of the incident...



The video isn't the best quality but you can see what's going on...

RonR:
And another link to information...

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/05/18/no-landing-gear-no-problem-well-done-job-by-u-s-airways-pilot-and-crew-with-video/

UnitedFlyer737:
Was this a Dash 8? Thanks for the pics.

joeyb747:

--- Quote from: UnitedFlyer737 on May 19, 2013, 01:36:11 PM ---Was this a Dash 8? Thanks for the pics.

--- End quote ---

Yes, Piedmont Airlines de Havilland Dash 8-100 on behalf of US Airways, registration N934HA.

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=46273d9a&opt=0

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