Cargo Plane Touches Down Despite Faulty Landing Gear

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35667406

Give that pilot a pay rise please !

[ummmm]

Aren't they trained for such situations?

[mikey4444]

Ummm...yes, probably but it can't have been easy...no sparks !

[CrapAtCryptics]

Impressive piece of work - minimal damage - have a look at this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoSGzLii0KM

[viv41]

Probably are ummmm, but I bet it's much hader in real life ....

[ummmm]

I mean more in the way that it's probably reflected in their monthly pay packets.

[mikey4444]

CrapAtCryptics...that is an incredible link !

Give the truck driver a pay rise as well !

[DTCwordfan]

here's someone who deserves a medal - or he is completely bonkers. Well done him, though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoSGzLii0KM

[DTCwordfan]

just beaten to the draw!

[SlackAlice]

Unfortunately the one using a truck was a fake for a Nissan Truck Advert. Read the comments underneath. Well done advert though.

[Canary42]

Not the first time this has happened - more examples on youtube. The pilots in these cases certainly show outstanding skill and are to be highly commended.

[mikey4444]

Good fake !

[jomifl]

Its a fake video and has been known to be so for some time. That pickup truck would be squashed flat by the weight of the aircraft.

[wolf63]

mikey - it was a cargo plane, I wonder if they would have chanced it if there were hundreds of people in the plane. Maybe that was the only way of getting down.

[mikey4444]

Wolfie...maybe so, but I think its was a marvelous example of pilot ability.

[Ellipsis]

Great landing of the cargo plane, but Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and the "Miracle on the Hudson" is still the best ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2uAk8Yqf4E

[mikey4444]

Ellipsis...that was amazing as well. I seem to remember a similar event, but the plane landed in water that was covered with ice, in New York as well.

Its a good job I am not scared of flying !

[ummmm]

I'm scared of flying so I haven't got a clue why I'm ready this thread!!

[DTCwordfan]

this lot will give you confidence to fly, ummmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VLYpKGVBUg