Plane lands with no nose wheels
A US Airways Express airliner slid down a runway without its nose landing gear during an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport. No injuries were reported.
Before the Havilland Dash-8 turboprop, which took off from Allentown, Pa., was scheduled to land, the crew got an indication that the landing gear was not down. They did a flyover to confirm that the nose wheels had not deployed. Fire crews spread foam on the runway as a precaution, but there was no smoke or fire.
US Airways, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
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