Pilot stayed ‘100% calm’ landing plane safely after equipment failure forced him to scramble

An Australian pilot has been hailed a hero for staying “100% calm” landing an airplane after an equipment failure forced him to fly around an airport for almost three hours to burn off fuel.
Pilot Peter Schott and his passengers, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, walked away unscathed after he landed the twin-turboprop Beechcraft Super King Air at Newcastle Airport, just north of Sydney, around 12:20 p.m. Monday, officials said.
Footage of the landing showed the plane skidding on the underside of the fuselage as fire trucks and ambulances drove up to where the plane finally landed.
Despite the chaos, the 53-year-old pilot noted that he had been flying since he was 15 and was certain he could land the aircraft safely - even without the necessary landing gear.
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[@mc1993]

Great job safely landing the plane. Smooth

[@jimmagill4875]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 They made it look so easy, didn't they?

[@April-ks8xz]

Was t made by Boeing?

[@b-radsadventures6846]

Lovely work. Bet there was a big smile at the end of that!

[@aztomt406]

That was a very expensive Landing.

[@WillyLee23]

Boeing is looking to hire him

[@Geckobane]

Wow

[@nitto420s]

They found out later he forgot to turn the power switch on for the landing gear that's why it didn't work😂

[@lacarpetrondukemarriott]

Let’s see what he looks like!!!

[@keithb6717]

Probably not a dei hire.

[@ChristopherRunyon-ql5qe]

Don't panic.

[@codswallop164]

We be flight engineers n sheeiit.

[@jimmagill4875]

There aren't Flight Engineers on such small planes.

[@arthurwagar88]

Landed on the grass also.

[@aheartforhealth]

DEI
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