US Airways jet forced to make 'belly' landing at Newark airport

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A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday, after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy. No one was injured, airline and government officials said.

Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members on board, landed safely at 1am. Passengers were evacuated and transported to the terminal, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said in an email.

Belly landings are unusual and dangerous because of the threat of fire from the plane fuselage skidding on a hard surface, according to aviation experts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2013/may/18/newark-airport-emergency-belly-landing