Plane's landing gear fails, sparking emergency at Newcastle airport

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Plane's landing gear fails, sparking emergency at Newcastle airport​

A light plane is circling above Newcastle airport at Williamtown ahead of what will be an emergency landing.

Police have told the ABC the plane's landing gear has failed.

It has been circling above the airport for at least two hours burning off fuel and was now expected to make a hard landing around 12.30pm.

Plane circling above Newcastle airport as landing gear fails, sparking emergency

The private plane is believed to have three people on board and more than a dozen fire, police, SES and ambulance crews are on scene.

www.abc.net.au

 

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They're still circling, although they're now out near Fingal Bay.

 

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Landing ?!

 

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ABC reporting that they have landed safely

 

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Landing ?!
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Swiped right ?

 

[Gremlin]

I'm no expert, but to my untrained eye it certainly looked like the pilot's landing was outstanding.

 

[Mattg]

Looks like NTL is closed with all flights cancelled for the next 24 hours while the runway is assessed after the emergency landing.

 

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Plane makes emergency landing in Newcastle with three onboard after landing gear fails

The engines of the Beechcraft Super King Air appeared to power down as it approached the runway at Newcastle airport, landing at 12:18pm and sliding to a stop to the loud cheers of onlookers who had lined the perimeter fence.

www.abc.net.au

 

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I'm no expert, but to my untrained eye it certainly looked like the pilot's landing was outstanding.

It was absolutely textbook.

 

[AisleSeat]

According to the pilots smartwatch his heart rate didn’t exceed 80bpm. Absolute focus and control.

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