Emergency Landing Nearly Delays Jetblue Flight

LOS ANGELES- A Jetblue flight made a dramatic emergency landing in Los Angeles yesterday with broken front landing gear.

In a surreal twist, many of the passengers watched their plane on the news as it circled the airport before landing. The passengers were mostly calm, said flight attendant Janis Hardy.

"Everyone was pretty relaxed, considering," said Hardy.

"The only time people got a little agitated was when we turned off the TV's before the landing. They were like, 'hey, I want to see how this ends!' and 'what's wrong with the TV's? Is everything okay?'"

Pilot Scott Burke balanced the plane on the rear landing gear as long as possible. When the plane settled on the broken nose wheel, it immediately began to smoke, and then sent out a long plume of sparks as the plane ground to a halt.

Jetblue passengers waiting in the terminal were clearly nervous.

"Will there be a snack on this flight?" asked one passenger.

"Do the TV's still work?" asked another.

After cleaning the cabin and changing crews, the plane was reloaded. The flight left 8 minutes late, but made up the time in route to Denver for another on-time arrival.