28-02-2009, 05:58 PM
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A ROMANIAN plane carrying 51 people made a dramatic emergency landing in western Romania today, officials said.
The Carpatair flight’s front landing gear became stuck and the plane circled Timisoara International Airport for almost two hours, using up its fuel
to avoid a potential fire before it landed on a 200metre bed of foam laid out by firefighters, officials said.
One of the pilots said they were about six miles from the airport when they discovered they had a problem with the landing gear, and alerted the
aviation authorities.
Dan Andrei, the airline’s vice president, said, “the plane came down on the side wheels; it braked sharply and at a low speed it came on its front
belly, while the front
landing gear remained stuck.”
The company said the two Moldovan pilots, Iurie Oleacov, 37, and Leonid Babischi, 47, were highly experienced.
“We did our job without feeling like heroes,” Oleacov said later. “We weren’t scared, we are trained for these kinds of situations. ... All the
passengers are
OK. They were calm.”
At least 10 ambulances and three fire engines were waiting for the stricken plane.
Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/new...282651.ece
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managed to save the Saabs props 
(and the people of course) Great work ![[Image: 161nc6s.png]](http://i41.tinypic.com/161nc6s.png)