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Shock for the 48 passengers of flight 634 of the United Airlines: In the landing approach to Newark Airport in New York stuck the landing gear on the right side. The Airbus A 319 landed anyway – with just two instead of three bogies. No one was injured in the maneuver. The jet took off on Sunday morning at 6:30 clock at O’Hare Airport in Chicago with a goal Newark. Shortly before landing, the pilot suddenly announced: "We have a small problem."
The passengers were asked to take the protective posture (leaning forward): So the force of the impact is minimized.
Amazingly gently put on the plane then rolled to the left and the front landing gear on the runway. As the jet around 40 tonnes (heavy) was too slow, he toppled to the right side.
Sparks flew as the metal is scraped over the asphalt, but no fire broke out. The plane skidded straight ahead. This caused panic among the passengers do not all preserved the peace. They were brought into the open through emergency chutes.
After a successful campaign, there were cheers and applause for the five crew members, reports the New York Times.
Passenger Paul Lasiuk said (46), he was more shocked than frightened been: "We indeed have no chance, because you have to through. However, I had worse landings here in Newark. "And Jim Falk announced that he wanted to be the pilot, whose name has not yet been published, thanks to Treat a bottle of champagne.
Closed during the emergency landing was the Newark Liberty International Airport, one of three airports serving the New York region, had been. However, after only 20 minutes were re-opened two of the three runways, a spokesman for the Airport Authority Port Authority.
By the afternoon, the Airbus remained on the runway, was examined by experts. This resulted in some flight delays of about an hour.
