They landed safe n' sound.

/nextmap

lol how they circled LA for a couple of hours, why didnt they just fly towards theri destination so the passengers could just board another flight to wherever they were going? theyre gonna land somewhere, why waste fuel over your departure airport?? stupid:

Maybe if the landing gear is stuck, they can't get the same fuel economy and wouldn't make it? Don't know. I was on a 4 engine 747 going from Anchorage, AK to Japan and about half-way through the flight, one of the engines malfunctioned and was shut down. For some reason, they decided to turn around and go back to AK with 3 engines rather than continuing on. It was pretty funny to watch the people who were dozing not realize that we were landing in Alaska after a 7 hour flight. happy:

Contigency plan. Every pilot has to have one.

i dont really understand, how the hell does landing gear just turn 90° sideways? i mean it is metal and it is all welded and manufactured almost perfectly. i saw on the history channel or some channel how landing gear is manufactured. it is made so there are no problems. so how the hell did this happen? anyone have any ideas?

The plane was loosing fuel faster than usual because of the drag of the landing gear being out. It was the safest bet just to circle the area

It probably rotates so that it can fold in properly and still fit. I think it just got stuck in that rotated position.