These Passengers Watched their OWN Emergency, LIVE!!

JetBlue Flight 292 was a scheduled flight from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California, to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. On September 21, 2005, The flight-crew executed an emergency landing in the Airbus A320-200 at Los Angeles International Airport after the nose gear jammed in an abnormal position.
In this video I will be explaining the technical issue which caused the emergency as well as the decision making inside the cockpit. Enjoy!

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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. Enjoy checking them out!

Sources
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Final Report:

BSCU: Airbus 320 Theory

Jet Blue HQ: J. Jeff Kober

Zac Dean: IMDB

Deadfall Poster: IMDB

Foam Products: Yongqiang Alud

Foaming Firefighters 1: bioex

Foaming Firefighters 2: bioex

Brace 1: MATT DUNHAM/AP

Brace 2: Getty Images

Landing Photo: Misha Erwitt/Polaris

Stairs 1: UNKNOWN

Stairs 2: FBI

Gear Damage images: NTSB

CHAPTERS
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00:00 - Intro
00:27 - A Little Maintenance
01:09 - The Flight Crew
02:25 - Self Testing / LUG Failure
04:57 - A Potential Problem
05:45 - A Unique View
06:54 - Low Pass Over Long Beach
07:51 - Holding
09:29 - What Can We Do?
10:58 - An Exemplary Crew
13:47 - Slide Issues
14:27 - A National Audience
16:04 - Approaching LAX
18:49 - Brace! Brace!
19:22 - Touchdown
21:03 - Microscopic Evidence

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[eno]

The ONE time the on-flight entertainment system decides to work....

[scottcol]

From what I remember about this, The passengers that chose to watch, had to sit there and listen to "experts" that the news stations had talking about how the plane could loose control, or the landing gear could collapse and the plane could become a "fireball of death". They kept coming up with all the different ways they could die.

[ann]

It's very hard for me to watch this as my daughter was on this flight. It was an agonizing long day for me...and my daughter too. They were up in the air for hours waiting to land. I will always & forever be so grateful and thankful for that pilot and the crew who did a fantastic job.

[mikecorlett]

I was working at LAX Administration (Airport Operations Division) when this incident occurred. The JetBlue flight crew decided to burn some fuel to lower the landing weight of the aircraft. During this time, LAX emergency personnel staged fire rescue equipment along the side of the runway and waited for the aircraft to make an emergency landing on Runway 25L on the south side of the airport. Runway 25L is LAX's preferred emergency landing runway since it is approximately 11, 000 feet long and the only LAX runway that is 200 feet wide. The other three LAX runways are 150 feet wide. LAX emergency personnel also established a command post inside one of the fire station apparatus bays.

Due to the angle of the two nose gear tires in relation to the centerline of the aircraft, almost everyone at the command post believed that the nose gear strut would fail and collapse, sending the front of the aircraft onto the runway during landing rollout. However, due to the pilot's skills and the procedures they used described in this video, the nose gear strut did not fail and the aircraft did not depart the runway upon landing.

After the aircraft was secured and towed to a hangar, an inspection of the runway surface revealed very minimal pavement scaring and no in-pavement runway centerline lights were damaged. Overall, the emergency was handled perfectly given the circumstances.

[izzieb]

The crew seem to have done an excellent job handling this situation - both in terms of the pilots flying the plane and the cabin crew's communication with the passengers. It's a nice change to hear about an incident with a positive outcome.

[Vinnieleverton]

Imagine being on that flight and hearing someone say "watch this plane having an issue" then you look out the window and see the plane your on

[MicrowavedAlastair]

Good choice by the cabin crew to allow the passengers to call their loved ones. I'm especially fascinated by the way people respond to emergencies, and this likely helped calm the passengers.

[jjd-lxvr]

I remember watching this landing on TV and I’m sure a lot of people thought that it was fairly easy since the end result was so good, I used to be an F-15 mechanic and there was an incident where one landed in England and the left main landing gear had broken and the wheel was pointed 90° just as a nose wheel in this case was, when the aircraft touched down it careened off the runway, the nose broke off and one of the air crew almost lost his arm.

[AliHSyed]

Its such a delight to when you're given plenty of time to solve a problem. No panic, and no little doubts about the best course of action.

[Peacewind]

I remember sitting in my grandparents living room watching this live. My grandfather is a retired FO from Air Canada. While coming in for landing, he explained the technique that the pilots would likely attempt to land safely. I'm now a private pilot, so now I understand the technique they used is similar to a soft field landing. Keeping that nose wheel up on a Cessna 152 is challenging enough. The pilots of this aircraft made it look easy.

[soulawaken]

Excellent professionalism showcased by the entire crew. Stuff happened outside their control, but they did all they could within their powers to ensure the safety of everyone onboard. I guess this is one of the many reasons why flying is statistically the safest mode of transportation now. Thank you for sharing as always!

[kateemma]

This Cabin Crew really are some of the best people to have in an emergency. Compassionate, intelligent, and calm in a bad situation. They all deserve every accolade available.

[jjunture]

The production values on this video are stunningly good. There’s no such thing as a bad Mentour video, but this one seemed like a level up. The plane/flight footage is incredible.

[mysisterisannoying]

my friend has a friend who was on this flight. he described it as terrifying. he thought he was watching his own fate. Also for my fav YouTuber, thank you for the terrific content. You have answered all my questions about EACH AVIATION ACCIDENT ever. I can finally tell my friend what really happened. (were like a tiny group) [me my friend and his friend]

[CieloNotturno]

After last week’s episode, we really needed something with technical issues but no dire consequences. The overall quality is great as always, but I think that the animations and graphic aspect has really improved. Thank you and your team for making awesome content!

[elizabethwarman]

I was watching the news, when the news broke about the Jetblue flight. I remember Jetblue was going to have to make an emergency landing at LAX. Since planes put their landing gear over my house, I ran outside and just about 50ft above me was the Jetblue with the landing gear problem, flying over my house. I could see the landing gear, and damaged front landing gear.
Glad everything 🙏 worked out.

[whatskevupto]

I've always been a fan of the TV series Mayday but actually getting a break down from a pilot is so much better

[shanestachwick]

Minor correction: Miramar and Edwards are two different air bases. Miramar is a US Marine Corps base (made famous in its Navy days as the home of Top Gun), located in San Diego. Edwards is an Air Force installation located about 150 miles north in the high desert, famous for being an alternate Space Shuttle landing site as well as testing grounds for a lot of new military aircraft designs.

[nightowldickson]

There's been a fair number of A320s having twisted nose gears - recently there was one in late March involving a LATAM A320, last year a Batik A320, in 2019 it happened with Asiana, and in 2018 a Peach A320.

[seastarsss]

Usually these cases don't really scare me but when it's something with my airport..