It shows an Air New Zealand Beechcraft 1900D aircraft (operated by Eagle Air) crash-landing at Blenheim Airport, after mechanical and manual attempts to lower the undercarriage had failed. The image is amazing - you can see the blades from the props flying into the air, as well as other debris off the plane and runway.
Due to the skill of the 2 pilots, they and 15 passengers walked away uninjured.
You can read the full report on the Stuff.co.nz website and view the newsclip video of the landing on the TV3 website.
Great job, pilots!
Derek - you have my admiration for a stunning image!
19 comments:
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Great shot. Gear up landings are usually not a disaster - except for the insurance company. Nice job here by the pilots. Well done.
nice shot..
Great job by the pilots.
Great capture of the image.
Brilliant work by the pilot(s) & a wicked photo!
Wow. Great shot and good emergency landing. Look at the propeller pieces flying through the air. Good thing they didn't hit the fuselage.
Ouchy... looks bumpy but very very excuted... the prob with crash landing is that the plane behaves totally different to the way you'd expect it to behave (e.g. when the props hit the ground).
Thanks for sharing.
Ouch! My beloved is flying this week so I don't want stories like this! Okay, a brilliant photo.
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Great photo, guys...how's it going there?
Indeed an amazing image! I wonder how the photographer could be so controlled to have taken such a photo! Thanks for sharing.
At second look - as a pilot I wonder why they didn't shut down the engines just before landing. It would have been easy, just two things to do, and would have prevented the props from flying to pieces like that. Pretty scary how close some of them come to the passenger cabin.
What a shot!
Welcome back sweets, Finally you have started to post again.
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We r leaving 19th night. Its been pre-poned a week. Wish you could be there, and Jin.
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Helloooooo! What's happening? No blogging, but I notice you do read our little bits and pieces occasionally?
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So sorry for the lack of updates.
We've been really busy settling into Melbourne life and the blog has really taken a big back seat.
Will post again soon - hopefully this weekend.
So you are not coming back to Dubai at all?
QC: answered back on your blog! Yes, we intend to be back in Dubai, insh'allah. It's just going to take some time for that to happen as we want it to.
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