Time: 22:09:00Z
Regis#: N164WC
Aircraft Make: HAWKER SIDDELEY
Aircraft Model: HS125
Event Type: Incident
Highest Injury: None
Damage: Minor
Flight Phase: LANDING (LDG)
City: PALM SPRINGS
State: California
Description: AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. PALM SPRINGS, CA
WC Leasing Corp: http://registry.faa.gov/N164WC
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -
A British Aerospace BAe-125-800SP safely landed in Palm Springs after its landing gear failed to open. The plane landed around 3:20 p.m.
Officers said the plane had to make a belly-landing but it was a smooth landing given the situation. Only the pilot and one other person was on the jet and neither of them were injured.
Tom Nolan with the Palm Springs International Airport said the long runway was closed for a little over 45 minutes but only a couple of aircraft were delayed.
Officers with the Palm Springs Police Department and Riverside County firefighters set up at the airport to manage the aftermath of the emergency landing.
The jet has been cleared from the runway and all flights are back on schedule.
News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2 had a crew at the airport and captured the emergency landing on video.
The pilot and emergency response managed the situation as well as they could given the dangerous scenario.
Story and video: http://www.kesq.com
A British Aerospace BAe-125-800 having problems deploying its landing gear landed safely at Palm Springs International Airport Friday afternoon.
The airport received notice of the plane's issues and directed the pilots to circle the area in order to burn off fuel as a precaution, according to Executive Director of the Palm Springs International Airport Tom Nolan. About an hour later, the plane made the landing from the south and emergency personnel were quickly deployed.
The plane, which Nolan said had two pilots aboard, landed smoothly just before 3:30 p.m.
"(The pilot) did a great job," Nolan said.
The landing caused a fair amount of smoke, but was quickly tended to by the Palm Springs Fire Department. No one was injured during the landing.
Within 48 minutes, the plane was loaded onto a flatbed truck and the runway was reopened.
"Thats pretty much as fast as it gets," Nolan said.
Story, comments and video: http://www.desertsun.com
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ReplyDeleteThe HS 125 is a flying nightmare. It is old it is antiquated and you can purchase one for about the price of a nice motorhome. I am in the entertainment business and I remember when Reba McEntire lost her entire band on a hawker Sidley 125. That is one aircraft James Brown would not get near and it was in his contract that the buyer shall not provide a helicopter or a hawker sidley 125.
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