NASA research jet makes fiery 'wheels-up landing'
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Heroic pilot saves NASA research jet with belly landing after gear failure
A high-altitude NASA research aircraft made an emergency belly landing at Ellington Field in
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With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds
As the fighter jet landed on the aircraft carrier, a critical piece of the landing system blew apart, shot across the machinery room, slammed into equipment a sailor had been sitting at only moments earlier, and then hit the deck spinning “like the ...