Virgin jet forced to make high-speed landing

[NickN]

I think news.com.au got it a little wrong.

Absolutely nothing surprising there!!!!

Any why would a jet with landing gear failure want to land at high speed. What a stupid heading.

[Adrian B]

Never let the truth or fact get n the way of a sensationalised headline. Did some mention that they feared for their lives???

[Bill S]

Originally Posted by Marty H

They go u/s quite a bit, Embaer are much like the Hyundai of plane manufactuers.

That'd be funny if it were remotely correct.

You know, Hyundai's might be cheap, but has anyone else noticed how they just keep going and going? I've driven my fair share of old Hyundai's, and I swear you've gotta drop a 2 ton truck on top of them before they stop.

So if the Embraer's are like Hyundai's, you won't have one breaking down on you, .

Chris

[Bill S]

Originally Posted by ChrisG.

You know, Hyundai's might be cheap, but has anyone else noticed how they just keep going and going? I've driven my fair share of old Hyundai's, and I swear you've gotta drop a 2 ton truck on top of them before they stop.

Quick thread hijack sorry - Not all of them were/are.
A mate of mine had one that was so bad, he very nearly parked it out the front of the Hyundai HQ in Sydney to pour petrol over it and burn it in protest.

Ahh, that sucks.

Maybe it's just the old one's that keep going and going?

However, it'd be very unfair to compare the unbreakable Hyundai, to the unbreakable Hilux. Even Top Gear proved you can't break a Hilux. Maybe that's what you've gotta drop onto a Hyundai to get it to break?

Chris

[Zac M]

which e-jet was it?

[Ash W]

Originally Posted by NickN

Interesting, those are basically brand new aircraft.

Just goes to show that you can have a fault on what is more or less a brand new aircraft. They don't need to be 17 years old to have problems.

[Bill S]

Originally Posted by Ash W

Just goes to show that you can have a fault on what is more or less a brand new aircraft. They don't need to be 17 years old to have problems.

That was pretty much my point in the other thread, about the uninformed comments on the 'unreliable' 747-300's.

But does that mean that Boeing is the Hyundai of the sky's as well?

Because they break down just as much.

Sorry to say Marty, but your case appears to have holes in it.

Chris