Us Airways A320 fire engine & nose gear collapse...oh & someone posted a selfi so her loved ones know she is fine, hmm. [2nd post]

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Philadelphia plane emergency as nose gear on Airbus collapses

Pilot forced to abort takeoff as blown tyre leads to mechanical failure but no serious injuries, authorities say

• theguardian.com, Thursday 13 March 2014 23.59 EDT

Passengers evacuate US Airways flight 1702 after the nose gear collapsed and it slid to a halt at Philadelphia international airport. Photograph: Dennis Fee/AP

The nose gear has collapsed on a US Airways plane as it prepared to take off from Philadelphia international airport, leaving the aircraft sliding to a halt. Two passengers out of the 154 people on board received medical attenion after the emergency, caused by a blown tyre that led to mechanical failure of the landing gear on the Airbus A320, authorities said.
“Initial reports indicate flight 1702 from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale [Florida] blew a tyre on takeoff and the pilot elected to abort takeoff,” said US Airways spokesman William McGlashen.
McGlashen said he did not know how fast the plane had been moving at the time of the incident but it had already taxied into position on the runway and was rolling towards takeoff.
The Airbus plane sitting on its nose at Philadelphia international airport. Photograph: Tom Mihalek/Reuters The plane’s crew evacuated the passengers by having them slide down emergency chutes after the incident, which took place at about 6.05pm local time, he said. There were no serious injuries.
Takeoffs and landings later resumed and no incoming flights had to be diverted away, the airport operators said.
The National Transportation Safety Board would investigate the incident, McGlashen said, and passengers were being taken to Fort Lauderdale on another flight.

US Airways is owned by the American Airlines Group.

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The shaky selfie that says 'I survived!': Passenger records moment she and 148 other passengers escaped after plane's nose-gear collapsed on take-off

• Two people suffered minor injuries in the accident on Thursday
• U.S. Airways plane skidded to a halt after an aborted takeoff
• The jet made it into the air but returned to the ground with the force of the landing caused the nose gear to collapse
• Wind may have caused pilots to have difficulty executing the takeoff

By Ryan Gorman
PUBLISHED: 18:51 EST, 13 March 2014 | UPDATED: 10:00 EST, 14 March 2014


A passenger who was on board the U.S. Airways plane which crashed on Thursday released a terrifying series of selfies and video footage minutes after being evacuated.
Hannah Udren is seen on a grainy, 'Blair Witch'-style clip fleeing from the Airbus A320 along the runway along with dozens of screaming passengers.
The plane, which was on its way from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, made it into the air around 6.30pm but the takeoff was aborted. The front landing gear collapsed and the nose was badly damaged. Two of the 149 passengers suffered minor injuries.
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Hannah Udren posted this selfie on Twitter shortly after the plane she was traveling on to Florida crashed landed seconds after take-off



Passengers flee the scene after the U.S. Airways flight nosedived into the tarmac on Thursday evening

Hannah Udren is seen on a grainy, 'Blair Witch'-style clip fleeing from the Airbus A320 along the runway



Miss Udren posted a video clip and pictures online of the U.S. Airways plane which crashed back down on the runway at Philadelphia International Airport



The shaky video clip filmed on a cellphone shows terrified passengers running from the plane following the crash on Thursday evening



The plane is tilted and smoke can be seen pouring from the sides as Miss Udren is heard saying: 'Oh my god, my plane is on fire'



Passenger narrates her evacuation from US Airways Flight 1702







Shortly after the dramatic crash landing, Miss Udren tweeted: 'So my plane just crashed...' along with a picture of the plane tipped up and smoke shooting along the sides.
Passengers can be heard screaming and climbing off the plane's wings and running from the emergency slides.
She can be heard breathlessly saying: 'I'm off the plane we're evacuating the plane...The plane is on fire, oh my God, oh my God... my plane just crashed.'
Smoke can be seen coming from one of the plane's engines but it is not clear if the fire started before or after the botched takeoff.
Bedlam: Panicked passengers ran from the plane after it skidded to a halt and climbed out an emergency door onto the wing

No official cause has been given for the aborted takeoff so far but one passenger suggested that high winds may have been a factor.
The collapsed nose gear caused the jet to skid down the runway and badly damage its front end.
It was 'very windy and when the plane took off the nose of the plane went back down, hitting the runway,' passenger Dennis Fee told WPVI. 'We were airborne, then struck back down by the nose.'
A high-wind advisory was in effect for the area, warning of wind gusts up to 60 mph at the time of the accident.
An investigation was underway into the cause of the accident. Flights were delayed for around 90 minutes following the crash.
MailOnline was awaiting a comment from U.S. Airways.



The jet hit the ground hard causing the nose gear to collapse on Thursday evening





Aborted takeoff leads to plane crash in Philadelphia









Investigators worked on the crashed jet overnight to work out the cause of the accident





An investigator inspects the front of the U.S. Airways jet after its crashed landing. They have yet to release a cause for the aborted landing