E-190 no nose gear landing @ IAH 9FEB15
Feb 10, 2015, 1:09 am
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E-190 no nose gear landing @ IAH 9FEB15
Feb 10, 2015, 3:11 am
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Good to hear only one minor injury.
The aircraft appears to have done a few loops in the air before coming in to land, presumably to troubleshoot:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...310Z/KPHL/KIAH
Aircraft was N953UW. Generally these types of no nose gear landings are repairable so long as the wings don't catch anything, but this appears at least to have been as "normal" as this kind of landing can be.
The aircraft appears to have done a few loops in the air before coming in to land, presumably to troubleshoot:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...310Z/KPHL/KIAH
Aircraft was N953UW. Generally these types of no nose gear landings are repairable so long as the wings don't catch anything, but this appears at least to have been as "normal" as this kind of landing can be.
Feb 10, 2015, 8:18 am
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The aircraft appears to have done a few loops in the air before coming in to land, presumably to troubleshoot:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...310Z/KPHL/KIAH
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...310Z/KPHL/KIAH
Feb 10, 2015, 9:23 am
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Lord have mercy! As a pilot, reading an ERJ did "a few loops" before landing got my heart all a pitter patter! 
OK, they did some fly bys so the tower personnel could do visual checks to see if the nose gear was down and locked. Phew! 
Tricky landing, though better than if one of the main gear had not fully extended and locked.
The article gave the AA codeshare flight number, but who knows the prime (US) flight number?
OK, they did some fly bys so the tower personnel could do visual checks to see if the nose gear was down and locked. Phew! Tricky landing, though better than if one of the main gear had not fully extended and locked.
The article gave the AA codeshare flight number, but who knows the prime (US) flight number?
Feb 10, 2015, 10:53 am
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Feb 10, 2015, 5:12 pm
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