Touchdown!

Did ya hear about this? A JetBlue plane leaving from Burbank's Bob Hope Airport had to make an energency landing at LAX today shortly after takeoff. Turns out its front landing gear was all funky.

There was much speculation over where it was going to land and when. First it was Long Beach but its runway is too short. I could have had a front-row seat if it were there as I live in the flight pattern. Then the landing times changed from 5 minutes to 15 minutes to whatever.

I actually saw the plane from the backyard when it began its decent after circling for more than 3 hours, burning off fuel. But here are some stills from my video camera, taken from CBS2.







Thumbs-up to the pilot and crew for a great job getting this thing back on the ground safely.