Iranian Pilot landing a plane with no front gear

[Splurgenxs]

P.S. This looks like a fake video and I can't guarantee it's authenticity

lol its an advert for a Suv

 

[ashokdeiva]

The pilot did good, but in case of a hydralic failure in the landing gear, the ground crew prepares of a emergency landing where they pour a high density viscous lub on the runway so that the landing nose does not get caught in fire from the friction that is caused while landing.
Good work ground crew and the pilot offcourse for handing the plane well

 

[Windjammer]

An Iranian pilot who pulled off a spectacular emergency landing, using only the rear wheels of a Boeing 727, has been rewarded by Iranian authorities with a flying ban.

When the Iran Air flight from Moscow to Tehran came in to land in the Iranian capital last month, the front landing gear would not extend. In an extraordinary manoeuvre that was captured on video, pilot Hooshang Shahbazi managed to bring the plane in to land at Mehrabad Airport with the nose pointing slightly in the air. The plane glided across the runway balanced on the rear wheels only, before the nose hit the tarmac with a thud when the plane had already slowed down considerably.

On internet forums frequented by professional pilots, there has been nothing but admiration for the professionalism involved in landing the plane, which was 40 years old and was carrying 94 passengers and 19 crew, all of whom escaped unharmed. In his homeland, however, instead of being feted as a hero, Mr Shahbazi has been suspended from flying for two months while authorities investigate.

The pilot complained about his treatment to the reform-minded newspaperEtemaad. He noted the lionising of American pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River in 2009, after the engines cut out after the plane was hit by a flock of birds, and compared it to his own case. “They have not even called to say thank you,” he said.

He also claimed that he had diverted the plane to Mehrabad Airport, Tehran's second airport, instead of attempting to land as planned at the flagship Imam Khomeini Airport, fearing that a crash there would have embarrassed the regime more. “That would have been a disaster, also politically,” he said.

One of the Russian passengers on board, Oleg Gordeyev, told Russian website LifeNews yesterday that the captain had made no announcement about the danger the flight was in. Instead, passengers noticed that the plane seemed to be circling interminably above the same area, and saw panic on the faces of the air stewardesses. The pilots were circling in order to use up as much fuel as possible before attempting the risky landing, to minimise the chance of fire when the plane touched down. The passengers realised that something was seriously wrong when one of the air hostesses broke down in hysterics, and the other members of the cabin crew had to lock her in a toilet, said Mr Gordeyev.

A few minutes before landing, the pilots informed passengers that there would be an emergency landing, and told them to take up the brace position. “It was scary,” recalled Mr Gordeyev. “But when we landed, we didn't feel much, just a small bump when the plane's nose touched the runway.” After the landing, passengers jumped from the aircraft through the emergency exits.

Hero pilot rewarded with ban for safely landing plane - Europe - World - The Independent

 

[JonAsad]

Lol- funny Iranians- Poor Pilot-

btw this happened yesterday-

and he is hailed as a hero-

 

[Windjammer]

Technically it doesn't seem right......much to say of encouraging others.

 

[Harry_Thomason]

An Iranian pilot who pulled off a spectacular emergency landing, using only the rear wheels of a Boeing 727, has been rewarded by Iranian authorities with a flying ban.

This made no sense, so I looked up - UK site quotes Etemaad, none of them have credibility what concerns Iran, and no official/or non-bias source confirming the story. Its like asking Israel newspapers for objective article about Iran's government, and vice versa Not going to happen.

I have no illusions about Iran's government, they arent saints, but they arent stupid either. And if regime opponents/West media tries to show them that way, 99% of cases it appears to be fake, out of context, mistranslated, etc.

 

[rabi kashmirii]

iranise can do this

 

[Harry_Thomason]

ISNA - 11-06-2011 - 90/8/15 -

Pilot was thanked in the official ceremony, as I said above - one should take with a grain of salt what West media is writing about Iran (or more like, with a truckload of salt )

 

[GHOST RIDER]

salute to the great flying skills which saved the lifes of others