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Video: Landing gear issue forces plane to make belly landing

Footage shows a dramatic shower of sparks flying from its underbelly, but no fire was started

By Katie Davies
Daily Mail

NEWARK, N.J. — A US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a dramatic belly landing at Newark International Airport last night.

Terrified passengers managed to escape the plane unharmed after the plane’s pilot - named by witnesses as Edward Powers - performed a heroic emergency landing.

Video footage of the turboprop twin-engine plane coming down on the runway showed a dramatic shower of sparks flying from its underbelly as it scraped across the tarmac - however, miraculously no fire was started.

Full story: Terrified passengers escape alive as US Airways flight makes belly landing at Newark airport after landing gear failed