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Alaska Airlines Jet Makes Hard Landing at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

AlaskaAlaska Airlines flight 601 made a hard landing at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Washington, on May 18.

The Boeing 737, coming from Las Vegas, Nevada, was about to land at Sea-Tac Airport when the crew of another plane that was lined up behind it reported fire, sparks and smoke from its left main landing gear.

Landing was delayed until emergency services arrived at the scene. The airline confirmed that two left tires of the aircraft blew upon landing, erupting sparks.

All 173 passengers aboard remained unharmed.

A mobile stairway was brought at the scene to safely disembark passengers and crew.

The incident is being investigated.

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    Correction: Jet Blue Tail strike


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    JetBlue has corrected an earlier report that the plane sustained hail damage. The airline is now saying that a tail strike on take-off caused the damage and subsequently the emergency landing.

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    What: Jetblue Airbus A320-200 en route from New York to Long Beach
    Where: New York
    When: Mar 28th 2010
    Who: 144 on board
    Why: Leaving the runway, the plane’s tail impacted either hail or a bird or had a tail strike (reports conflict); the flight returned to JFK and made a safe landing so that the damage could be checked out. Passengers debarked, and boarded an alternative plane some time later.

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