Pray for the passengers

This is no freeway chase! A Jetblue plane has its front landing gear turned sideways and can't retract it. Right now it's flying around to burn off fuel. It's an Airbus and can't jettison fuel. There's hope that the nose gear will caster (turn like a grocery cart wheel) on the runway before they try a landing.

This is why I need Fox News in my office.

Update: They made it. They practice drills for this kind of situation, so I guess they weren't in too much danger. But it must have been white knuckle time on that plane. I hope they weren't watching live TV. They'd have to replace a lot of seat cushions. The nose gear didn't caster. It was locked sideways, but it held the weight of the plane, even as the tires burned off and the wheel sparks seem to set fumes from the tarmac on fire. That pilot and his flight crew deserve bonuses. They probably saved the company. The plane never veered from straight, which could have been fatal. They burned off most of their fuel and made arrangement to land at LAX which has an extra long runway. Then they moved people to the rear of the plane and landed on the two main sets of wheels without dropping the nose until they had slowed down quite a bit. Then they lowered it gingerly and then up and down a number of times as the tires were burned off. At the end they allowed the front to just grind off until they could bring it to a stop. The sight was arresting, but the performance of the landing was truly impressive. Nice job.