Aeropostal DC-9 Hard Landing Nearly Tears Off Engines (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

An Aeropostal DC-9 with 125 passengers and five crew made an emergency landing in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela after a partial rupture of its two engines.

According to The Aviation Herald, the engines' pylons and support structures cracked at the airframe due to the hard landing.

There were no reported injuries of passengers or crew.

A commenter on Airlines.net Aviation Forums said, "You would think the landing gear would collapse before the engines got ripped off the fuselage..."

Another forum member posted two pictures of another hard DC-9 landing in Florida, 1987 where the body of the plane snapped in half.

See photos below.

Aeropostal Hard Landing

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Comments

[bigbobh]

04:05 PM on 09/29/2011

Notice the wrinkles in the skin above the engine. Looks like the tail is ready to break off too.

[geofja]

04:02 PM on 09/29/2011

At least - for me anyway- no commercial b4 the pics. As soon as they (ads) start I click off - am NOT a captive audience for what must be very low-level ads - oh yeah - BBC UK does same garbage!)

[jspbeef]

02:26 PM on 09/29/2011

Good thing this pilot didn't have to land on the "Hudson"!! Being a pilot, I suggest he stick with "Remote Control"!!

[ron2661]

01:01 PM on 09/29/2011

The screws holding the engines probably were from one of the companies that Obama bailed out.

[DasBoatless]

05:21 PM on 09/29/2011

I wonder if it's a cooincidence that you are the only commentor with no fans here.......

[Edward Kline]

04:39 AM on 09/29/2011

Forget about hard landing this plane was built in the mid 60's and its still in the air. Watch out for falling parts.

[jspbeef]

02:28 PM on 09/29/2011

B-52 bombers are the primary heavy bombers of the US Air Force and they are from the 1950's.

[billa518]

02:28 AM on 09/29/2011

Make up your mind -
"made an emergency landing...after a partial rupture of its two engines."

"the engines' pylons and support structures cracked at the airframe due to the hard landing."

If the engines failed first, the landing was way softer than it could have been. Everyone on board should be thankful the plane didn't 'land' nose first in a bean field at mach 2.

[stealthpat2030]

12:26 AM on 09/29/2011

well good news is nobody was hurt... for a random idea though.. well DANG! whatever company produced the landing gear assembly for that plane should be contracted to make suspensions for cars and trucks too lol. that's some quality right there to withstand that kind of shock and speed

[Roan Badger]

11:28 PM on 09/28/2011

Don't have any idea what she said, but she can talk faster then an auctioneer can auction.

[prestonsturges]

10:50 PM on 09/28/2011

Well, another airline to remove from the list. Where's TWA when you need them?

[stockstruk]

10:49 PM on 09/28/2011

I'm tired of having to watch commercials at the start of every video on the web!

[Enrico Tortellini]

09:10 PM on 09/28/2011

Gorilla Glue for the plane, and how about an opthamologist for the pilots.
They couldn't see that the landing wasn't going right.

Remind me not to fly Aeropostal, if I ever have the idea to travel with them.

[rebchguy]

09:08 PM on 09/28/2011

Unless I can fly a US airliner to a foreign country....I will not go there. US airliners are so much safer, why would anyone risk their lives like that.

[wadester4u]

09:11 AM on 09/29/2011

Not true; I flew Lan Chile Airlines to Uruguay last year. Their planes were brand new, had more room, full meal service, and each passenger had his\her pick of multiple movie channels to watch, with no extra charge! The takeoffs and landings were super-smooth, as was the entire flight.

[old-fart]

02:46 PM on 10/04/2011

We had the same experience in Chile last January. Their domestic aircraft are new and much nicer that ours. And flying Korean Air is a good experience too.

[ZenCrusader]

01:56 PM on 09/29/2011

actually there are alot of foreign operated airlines that are excellent. they are not all sub standard - in fact, the best airlines in the world are primarily foreign owned. if you fly internationally you owe it to yourself to do some research so you feel confident of your choice without being limited in your choices. One example - Taca to Costa Rica offers much better planes and service than any US carrier into that country. These foreign carriers are usually in the top 10, rated by customers : Asiana Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways, Qantas Airways, Emirates, Thai Airways and Malaysia Airlines.

[lhr1967]

07:46 PM on 09/28/2011

I am sure they will just jack up the engines and use some duct tape to hold them back on . Then they will get that stuff that comes in a can called leakender to make a good seal . I saw this done on HGTV . Trust me it will work , I think I was watching This Old Plane .

[SirHenryClinton]

07:05 PM on 09/28/2011

no es bueno

[prestonsturges]

10:51 PM on 09/28/2011

ser gude!

[wally12345]

06:24 PM on 09/28/2011

buy a new airplane

[pisswilliepete]

10:45 PM on 09/28/2011

Ain't that the truth!