Major news from Warsaw, with news of a LOT Boeing 767 having to land with a landing gear failing to deploy before landing.
Flight reports video footage from Reuters… and it doesn’t look good.
The 767-300ER – forming flight LO016 from New York – Newark to Warsaw was carrying 220 passengers and 11 crew.
Thankfully all were safely evacuated from the plane.
LOT also add:
“After noticing a central hydraulic system failure the standard procedure for emergency landings at Warsaw airport were implemented,” said the carrier.
“All airport authorities and emergency services were alerted and in place to assist the aircraft during the landing.”
I believe the Chuck Yeager term of “Any landing you can walk away from is a good one” comes to mind. However, you can bet your bottom coin there will be an investigation pretty sharpish to why the landing gears failed to deploy.
In the meanwhile, Warsaw airport is closed to traffic, and is not expected to reopen until tomorrow (02/11/2011)