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Boeing Lands Safely on Nose-Gear Maypops


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What: US Airways Boeing 737-400 en route from Philadelphia to Tampa
Where: Tampa
When: Jun 27th 2009
Who: 138 passengers and 5 crew
Why: After a normal flight, on landing, both nose gear tires blew. Nose gear wheels and strut were damaged.

Passengers disembarked via roll-up stairs thru the back of the plane. No injuries were reported. It took 8 hours to clear the runway after the incident. Mechanics are looking at a landing gear problem as the cause of the incident.

Billy Mays was interviewed after debarking.

George’s Point of View

Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance! Or was it a fast landing?

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