The person filming it said, 'That was not bad at all.' The video showed an unremarkable touchdown. I just took one for the team,' Skotarczak said.Īn unnamed passenger shared a video of the landing with WCNC-TV, which showed people on the plane quietly braced with their heads down and arms holding on to the seat back in front of them as the plane landed. 'I told her it can’t happen to the same person twice. Skotarczak and his wife are heading to Europe on vacation next week, and he said his wife asked if he would be OK flying again. 'I was totally going to buy a lottery ticket, but I can’t,' he said. Passenger photo shows disabled Delta plane at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Passengers were asked to leave everything else on the plane as they left, and he put his wallet in his backpack so he wouldn’t have to sit on it the whole flight. Less than four hours after the landing, Skotarczak, the passenger from Buffalo, was at work, but only with his cellphone and a bottle of water. The crew calmly led the passengers to the emergency chutes at the two exits after the emergency landing.

Controllers saw that the nose landing gear doors were open, but the gear hadn’t descended and the pilots landed the plane without the nose gear. The trouble began when pilots received a 'nose gear unsafe' indication as the plane approached the Charlotte airport and so they flew by the air traffic control tower so controllers could visually inspect the plane, Delta said in a statement. The airline said it was now focused on helping to remove the plane and helping passengers get to their final destinations, and it is fully cooperating with the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board investigations. 'While this is a rare occurrence, Delta flight crews train extensively to safely manage through many scenarios and flight 1092 landed safely without reported injuries.' 'Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people,' Delta Air Lines said in a statement. Delta plane stuck on runway after landing with no front landing gear (photo from passenger on plane)

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