Polish airliner that had taken off from Newark makes crash lands in Warsaw

[$nake]

A hero pilot's quick thinking savd 231 people after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy.

A Polish airliner that had taken off from Newark Airport with 231 people aboard made a dramatic crash landing Tuesday in Warsaw — and everybody survived.
Hero pilot Tadeusz Wrona managed to land the Boeing 767 on its belly after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy.
Video footage showed the jet skidding on its fuselage down the airport's main runway and a small fire erupting from one of the wings.
It was quickly doused by firefighters spraying foam and the passengers were all safely evacuated.
"There was no panic among the passengers," said Marcin Pirog of LOT, the Polish national airline. "The cabin crew prepared them for the emergency landing well."
Wrona and his co-pilot, Jerzy Szwartz, landed the plane "perfectly," he said. "It is the first time a LOT plane had to land without the landing gear out."
No injuries were reported and all flights to Poland were diverted to airports in Lodz, Gdansk and Krakow while investigators checked out the plane and debriefed the crew.
Wrona and Szwartz and their crew were hailed as heroes by Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski.
Wrona reported problems with the landing gear at 1:40 p.m. Polish time as the jet was approaching the airport, Polish media reported.
Two F-16s dispatched by the Polish Air Force quickly confirmed the gear was not coming down.
Seeing no other alternative, Wrona circled the airport for an hour and dumped whatever fuel was left in the tanks in preparation for the emergency landing.
Around 2:40 p.m. Polish time, Wrona alerted the crew and passengers they were about to land.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/polish-airliner-newark-crash-lands-warsaw-survives-article-1.970465#ixzz1cUFmJIYR

[Strato]

yeah.. it was a few KM of my house. My wife was crying when she saw it on TV.. it was terrible.

[Pimm]

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FUCKING BIG HERO! SAVED THE COUNTRY TODAY! (ignore the watermark above  okie? )

[mrtrlt]

Sorry for you guys that had to experienc that 

R.I.P anyone who died and peace for all who suffered injuries. 

[Pimm]

Sorry for you guys that had to experienc that 

R.I.P anyone who died and peace for all who suffered injuries. 

A Polish airliner that had taken off from Newark Airport with 231 people aboard made a dramatic crash landing Tuesday in Warsaw — and everybody survived.
Hero pilot Tadeusz Wrona managed [...]

and everybody survived.

and everybody survived.

[mrtrlt]

Sorry for you guys that had to experienc that 

R.I.P anyone who died and peace for all who suffered injuries. 

A Polish airliner that had taken off from Newark Airport with 231 people aboard made a dramatic crash landing Tuesday in Warsaw — and everybody survived.
Hero pilot Tadeusz Wrona managed [...]

and everybody survived.

and everybody survived.

I only had time to read the title I was about to leave for school...

[Strato]

noone even got hurt thank god.

[TheGame]

Wow , Awesome airport and goodie planie in polandie

[Strato]

Btw. the Pilot's name was "Crow" Should mean something .

[Anri]

Btw. the Pilot's name was "Crow" Should mean something .

kind of bird i think .....

[Strato]

Btw. the Pilot's name was "Crow" Should mean something .

kind of bird i think .....

yeah its a black small bird so think about it. he landed like a bird

[DeHavilland]

Pilots are born brave!

[Strato]

Pilots are born brave!

i have a pilot license ^^ ty

[DeHavilland]

Pilots are born brave!

i have a pilot license ^^ ty

Hehe nice welcome to the club I have tried to take PPL but I have only co-pilot license!

[Lindsey]

It's his job and he did it. They practice things like this all the time.

Sure he's a hero, but had he failed they would have blamed it all on him and said "he's trained".

Glad everyones ok, and i'm glad he clearly knows how to do his job.