strikemaster 72 wheels up?

[nzjet]

www.3news.co.nz/nznews/napier-airport-closes-for-jets-emergency-landing-2015101512#axzz3obC7Ugox

No seeing any damage? left flap at the root perhaps?

[Bruce]

Looking at the video it certainly doesnt appear to have done a wheels up - all the under fuselage antennas are still intact, and they would certainly disappear in a belly landing! I suspect it was an indication issue or a "hang Up" resolved by alteranate methods.

[ErrolC]

www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/73050031/bellied-plane-closes-regional-airport

Bellied plane closes regional airport

Two flights into Napier were cancelled on Thursday morning after a former Airforce jet landed on its belly in the centre of Hawke's Bay Airport's runway.

The plane failed to activate its undercarriage or landing wheels and scraped across the tarmac about 9am.

Napier Air chief executive Gary Peacock, who operates a charter and air training operation from a hangar at the airport, said no one was injured and damage to the plane appeared to be repairable.

The plane was a privately owned Strikemaster jet, formerly used by the New Zealand Airforce, and understood to be from the Wellington area.

An Air New Zealand spokeswoman said two of the airline's flights were disrupted before the runway was cleared at 11.15am.

A Wellington to Napier flight was diverted to Palmerston North while a Auckland to Napier flight returned to Auckland and customers were bused to each location.

IF that statement is correct, it sounds an inadvertent wheels-up landing, aborted when the error was realised. Consistent with minor damage?

[lesterpk]

In the 3News video, there is a crane following the jet while being towed in.

[skyhawkfan1]

I hope the pilot and Blunty are ok

[Dave Homewood]

I have it on good authority the pilot is ok.

[Bruce]

hopefully the weapons pylons have saved it from the worst damage. Get Well soon Blunty 72!

[Deleted]

I'm very sorry to see this. I heard something about a "small plane" on the radio but paid no attention.

[nuuumannn]

Put back on its wheels by the time I caught a plane home that afternoon.