strothgar

Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays. Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.

....bbbbuuut Gulfstream has a gear blowing device!!!

Methinks he may have tried that. Maybe a wheel bearing came off the hub and the wheel got twisted and wedged? Something similar to the flight in LA last month.

yeah, I was just trying to fool with tinyarena.

Image transmitted from inside the plane. Still no word on the cause of the mechanical failure.

MSNBC says it may be another 2 to 3 hours before they attempt the landing. Gotta burn off all that fuel.

Image transmitted from inside the plane. Still no word on the cause of the mechanical failure.

strothgar: /50% walk away
//25% stretcher
///35% spatula

110%?

So this and the Jet Blue incident, what say that the FAA creates a special division looking at all commercial and private jet aircrafts landing gears.

Hell any and all retractable landing gear aircraft.

It's probably punishment for the horrible uniforms they made for Florida, Miami, VaTech, and Oregon. There's probably enough bad karma from the years of Oregon uniforms alone.

Ouroborus
chuckle

/shame on me for forgetting to end my bold tag

Mad Scientist: Hey! It's all ball bearings nowadays. Now you prepare that Fetzer valve with some 3-in-1 oil and some gauze pads. And I'm gonna need 'bout ten quarts of anti-freeze, preferably Prestone. No, no make that Quaker State.

Manure spreader jacknifed on the santa ana,, YOU SHOULD SEE MY SHOES! WHE!

2 to 3 hours before they attempt the landing=zero productivity for me at work today

I thought a Nike was a rocket, not a plane...

Wow, nike shares are dropping, even though from what one guy says, this is a problem, but it is highly unlikely that anyone will get hurt.

There's probably enough bad karma from the years of Oregon uniforms alone.

Not enough bad karma to keep us from beating the ever loving shiat out of Oregon State on Saturday.

yes, I know about check valves.

I also know that stuff likes to not work

All these people onboard this plane ever did was try to bring you a quality pair of shoes for a reasonable price, while employing a large workforce with a fair wage and opportunity for advancement. You should be ashamed of yourself for all these ill thoughts you have for these poor helpless passengers.

/Just kidding

j z Anyone want to bet that half of the farktards ripping on Nike for using child labor own at least one pair of the shoes.
Or any sports shoes, they are all made by the same asian subcontractors, except for one company whose name escapes me right now.
While conditions there might not be up to western standards for health, safety and breaks, they are still better than for many people who work in local industries, and better than they used to be.

I've only had a few problems with check valves in my 8 years working on aircraft. There are enough of them probably a half dozen in the gear that would prevent a total loss of fluid.

Ours is a fascinating culture. A middle-aged woman who spends the afternoon with her pre-teen children, just returned from school, watching a gory "Faces of Death" style video would be considered mentally unsound.

That same woman spending the afternoon with her children watching Fox News coverage of an imminent plane crash--where real people might die on live TV--is perfectly acceptable.

What's the difference? I really don't know. Just . . . fascinating.

CEO on the plane - CNBC

Fox just reported TIGER WOODS is fourth passenger on plane!!!

Maria Bartiromo = money honey - CNBC

(pops)Nike Job Opening am I the only one that finds this funny?

What's the difference? I really don't know. Just . . . fascinating.

The fact that people DO die in the "Faces of Death" vid, whereas they MIGHT die here. Thus, she can claim that she is "watching because I hope they survive." When you watch FOD, you are just watching to see people die.

Nike spokesman says this is the first flight it has made for Nike, not the first flight it has ever made.

anyone have a live streaming feed? At work and cant watch the fun.

penywisexx: (pops)Nike Job Opening am I the only one that finds this funny?


I wonder if the last guy was fired.

Mr. Knight, when you hire Malaysian children for #3 per week to fly your planes, this is what happens.

nerdbox: anyone have a live streaming feed?

Scroll up.

or even $3...

Fox just reported TIGER WOODS is fourth passenger on plane!!!

At least it's not Payne Stewart.

Nike CEO confirmed on the plane (Oregonian newspaper).

I dont see any links to the feeds?

MSNBC is reporting that they jarred the landing gear loose and they are landing in about 10-15 minutes.

I'm pretty sure if I were on the plane, I'd be drinking heavily. Its always the drunk people in these accidents that survive.

They can use their Golden Parachutes to save themselves.

But is Leon getting Laaarrrger?

Per MSNBC TV

They have just said that they were just able to get the gear down and in place. The plane will be landing within the next 10-15 min.

So this is like the equivalent of a medium sized car accident...but the only difference is we get to watch it unfold...

Oh wait...I mean 'Scary - I hope everyone is ok!'

/don't care

Skjirt:

I'm pretty sure if I were on the plane, I'd be drinking heavily. Its always the drunk people in these accidents that survive.

Drunks tend to bounce off of the tarmak, sober people just go splat.

http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/5374320/detail.html#

i guess this is it.