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Plane makes emergency landing in LA

A JetBlue airliner with faulty landing gear touched down safely at Los Angeles International Airport after circling the region for three hours with its front wheels turned sideways, unable to be retracted into the plane.

The pilot landed by balancing on the back wheels, then eased onto the front tires, which shot flames along the runway before tearing off. The metal landing gear scraped for the final yards. No injuries were immediately reported among the 140 passengers and six crew members, fire officials said.

Within minutes of landing Wednesday, the plane`s door was opened and passengers walked down a stairway with their luggage and onto the tarmac, where buses waited.