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Skywest Gear Up Landing


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Contact photographer Frank Robitaille

What: Skywest Canadair CRJ-200 en route from San Francisco,CA to Ontario,CA
Where: Ontario
When: May 23rd 2010
Who: 24 passengers and 3 crew
Why: The crew aborted a landing after receiving an indication of a nose gear problem. Unable to lower the gear, after a visual inspection by ATC, the crew performed an open-door landing. There were no injuries, and we have no estimate of the damage to the plane.

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