Passengers react to bumpy landing at Charlotte Douglas International Airport
OUT OF STATE OVER SAFETY
CONCERNS.
NEW TONIGHT THE RUNWAY HAS NOW
REOPENED NEARLY 11 HOURS LATER
AFTER THIS PLANE HAD TO MAKE
AN EMERGENCY LANDING. SO
DRAMATIC AT CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS
AIRPORT. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M GERALD
OWENS. THE FRONT LANDING GEAR
ON THIS DELTA PLANE FAILED TO
DEPLOY.
>> PASSENGERS BRACED FOR IMPACT
AND SECONDS LATER, A LOUD BANG
AS THE PLANE SCREECHED TO A
HALT.
>> YOU CAN HEAR THE UNDERSIDE
OF THE AIRCRAFT SLIDING ACROSS
THE PAVEMENT. THE PASSENGER WHO
RECORDED THIS VIDEO SAID HE HAD
HIS FAMILY ON HIS MIND DURING
THESE TENSE MOMENTS. HE TALKED
TO OUR CHRIS LOVINGOOD JOINS US
IN THE STUDIO. CHRIS, WHAT A
HARROWING ORDEAL. I MEAN, IT'S
JUST SCARY LOOKING AT IT.
AND YET IT WAS ONE.
>> THAT 2 PILOTS, 3 FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS AND 96 PASSENGERS
SURVIVE, INCLUDING AT KATE'S
AND IT'S FROM HIS VIEWPOINT
BEING A PASSENGER ON BOARD THAT
FLIGHT THAT WE CAN SEE HEAR AND
FEEL WHAT IT WAS LIKE DURING
THE DRAMATIC EMERGENCY LANDING.
>> WE GO BACK TO US AND THE
CIRCLE AND CAPTAIN, LET US
KNOW. AND WE DEFINITELY DO NOT
HAVE AN INCREDIBLE ENDING CARE
WITH PEOPLE ME DURING AN
EMERGENCY LANDING FOR DECADES
AND THE OTHERS. THE MOMENT CAME
THE DESCENT ONTO THE CHARLOTTE
DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
RUNWAY. HERE'S VIDEO FROM
ANOTHER PASSENGER'S VIEWPOINT
TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT THOSE
96 PASSENGERS, THOSE 3 FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS AND THOSE 2 PILOTS
WERE WAITING. I THINK THAT WE
ALL KIND OF HAVE IT SEEMS LIKE
A PRETTY COHESIVE.
>> KIND OF AGREEMENT. I WOULD
AGREE WITH THAT. WE'RE GOING TO
GET THROUGH THIS YEAR WAS THE
EMERGENCY LANDING. HE AND THE
OTHERS BRACE FOR THE LANDING
WITH THE NOSE GEAR OF THE PLANE
FAILED TO EXTEND.
SECONDS LATER, A LOUD BANG AS
THE PLANE'S NOSE HIT THE GROUND
WAS ROUGH FOR HIM AND THE
OTHERS CAME TO A FULL STOP.
>> IT WAS SOME SMOKE IN THE
CABIN. SO THAT WAS STARTED.
YES, THE FAA AND NTSB WILL
INVESTIGATE THIS.
>> BUT THE IMPORTANT THING
TONIGHT, THE PASSENGERS MADE IT
OFF THE PLANE SAFELY. NO ONE
WAS INJURED.
INTO THINK KATE WAS HEADED TO
CHARLOTTE FOR A TYPICAL
BUSINESS DAY TRIP JUST A LITTLE
BIT MORE THING.
>> AND THEN FURTHER OUT IN THE
NEXT SEGMENT WE'RE DOING FIRST
THING YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE YOUR
FAMILY, HOW THEY HAVE BEEN
>> I TALKED TO A 10 MINUTES
BEFORE HIS FLIGHT BACK TO
ATLANTA WAS ABOUT TO BOARD.
AND BEFORE HE LET ME GO, HE
SAID THE FLIGHT CREW ON THAT
DELTA FLIGHT COMMUNICATED WITH
EXCELLENCE IN CARE TO PUT
PASSENGERS AT PASSENGERS AND
HE'S ENJOYED A JUST A LITTLE
BIT AGO TO SEE IF YOU MADE A
HOME, GET NOT JUST JUST YET,
BUT I'M HOPING THAT HE CHECKS
IN WITH MAKING SURE THAT HE'S
THERE WITH HIS FAMILY. AND YOU
WOULD UNDERSTAND IF HE WAS A
LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO GET BACK
ON AN AIRPLANE AFTER THAT HALF,
OF COURSE, MY GOODNESS. THAT'S